[TriLUG] apache/mod_perl question

[Owen Berry]

I don't have access to my Gentoo box right now, but here is the syntax
from my FC3 config file:

LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so

Also, here is something from the Gentoo Wiki which might help:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/Apache_Modules_mod_perl

Owen

On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 14:12 -0500, William Sutton wrote:
> Follow-up...
> 
> I tried the following, which seems to follow the existing module pattern 
> in the conf file, and it seems to fail in a (better!?) way:
> 
> snippet:
> -----
> LoadModule mod_perl                      modules/mod_perl.so
> PerlModule HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
> <Location />
>     SetHandler perl-script
>     PerlHandler HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
> </Location>
> 
> -----
> configtest result:
> -----
> maul # /etc/init.d/apache2 configtest
>  * Checking Apache Configuration ...
>  * Apache2 has detected a syntax error in your configuration files:
> Syntax error on line 1089 of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
> Can't locate API module structure `mod_perl' in file 
> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_perl.so: 
> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_perl.so: undefined symbol: mod_p  [ !! ]
> 
> -----
> result of searching the path for the module file:
> -----
> 
> maul # find /usr/lib/apache* -name "mod_perl*.*" -print
> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_perl.so
> maul # 
> 
> -----
> 
> so clearly the module is in the right place and named the right 
> thing....any ideas?
> 
> -- 
> William Sutton
> 
> 
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, William Sutton wrote:
> 
> > Hummm...
> > 
> > I now have apache2 and its version of mod_perl installed (had to update 
> > /etc/portage/package.keywords with the following):
> > 
> > www-apache/mod_perl ~x86
> > perl-core/CGI ~x86
> > 
> > unemerged existing apache, apache2, Apache-Test, mod_perl, emerged new 
> > apache & mod_perl.
> > 
> > Still not quite functioning....current setup:
> > 
> > In httpd.conf, after the default IfDefine lines for /server-status and 
> > /server-info, I added
> > 
> > # mod perl stuff
> > PerlModule HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
> > <Location />
> >     SetHandler perl-script
> >     PerlHandler HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
> > </Location>
> > 
> > configtest returns:
> > 
> > maul # /etc/init.d/apache2 configtest
> >  * Checking Apache Configuration ...
> >  * Apache2 has detected a syntax error in your configuration files:
> > Syntax error on line 1090 of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
> > Invalid command 'PerlModule', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module 
> > not included in the server configuration                                         
> > [ !! ]
> > maul # 
> > 
> > I added
> > 
> > AddModule mod_perl.c
> > 
> > (and when that didn't work, for .so) to the beginning of the config block.  
> > Apache seems to think that AddModule isn't valid syntax.
> > 
> > so, back to where I was I guess....any suggestions?
> > 
> > 
> >