Re: [mp2] +Parent and -Mblib breaks AuthDBI and apache

Christopher Hicks wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Stas Bekman wrote:
>
> > Christopher Hicks wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any equivalent to PerlVINC under mod_perl 2?
> >
> > Yes, and it's a built-in solution, rather than a hack:
> > http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/config/config.html#C_Parent_
>
>
> That had me very hopeful, but upon trying it
>
>         PerlOptions +Parent +SetupEnv
>         PerlSwitches -Mblib=/www/ires-demo/
>
> I continue to get:
>
>         Cannot find blib even in /www/ires-demo/../../../../..
>         BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
>         perl_parse: No such file or directory

Ah, that should have been -Mlib, I'll fix that. blib is for testing of 
unistalled builds.

> I've read the blib man page a few times and tried to discern what 
> directory structure is expected from looking at a few MakeMaker-based 
> modules, but nothing seems to help.  There's a directory in 
> /www/ires-demo/perllib that's a working perl modules directory.  It works 
> in several cgi and command line scripts via use lib.  Pointing -Mblib 
> directly at the perllib directory and the directory above it do no good.  
> Putting a symlink from lib to perllib also did no good.
>
> The other fun was that the previously working AuthDBI is now no longer 
> found with +Parent.  This happens regardless of the presense of -Mblib.

you need 'PerlModule Apache2' per +Parent, because you get a completely new 
Perl interpreter, which has a pristine @INC. I'll fix the doc. Alternatively 
you can use '+Clone', which inherits @INC and other things.

> I've looked for the t/REPORT script

that's planned to be installed in the future.

> but Red Hat doesn't seem kind enough 
> to include it, so I'll try to provide salient details:
>
>         [root@dot conf]# rpm -qa | egrep 'mod_perl|httpd|perl-5'
>         perl-libwww-perl-5.65-2
>         mod_perl-1.99_05-3
>         perl-5.8.0-55
>         httpd-2.0.40-11

It's probably a good idea to get the latest mod_perl and httpd, since *many* 
bugs were fixed and new features added since then.

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