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SHORT TERM STUFF (this section should always be empty in a release version!)
(well, close to it anyhow)
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... core bugs ...
- readdir() broken with glibc 2.2
- PERL5LIB foo
- 1.25 Apache::ExtUtils fix broke elsewhere (doug cannot reproduce)
- warn() going to the wrong log?
- From: Andy Wardley <abw@cre.canon.co.uk>
Subject: Problems with SERVER_MERGE and DIR_MERGE
- $r->args parsing of one=&two=2
- From: Adi Fairbank <adi@certsite.com>
Subject: Re: two identical directives in <Perl> configuration
- segfaults with DBI->connect (mysql), reported that downgrade to
1.21_03 cures
- need to revisit send_http_header and r->status again, patch to
revert to old behavior from [Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]
- Apache->server->register_cleanup
- PerlSetEnv scoping [Roman Maeder <maeder@mathconsult.ch>]
- %LocationMatch <Perl> bug [Michael J Schout <mschout@gkg.net>]
... core enhancements ...
- option to startup with something other than /dev/null
- PerlChildInitHandler should not be allowed inside <VirtualHost>
- rid Apache->can_stack_handlers, make Apache->can('push_handlers') work
- fileno(STD{IN,OUT}) should be r->connection->client->fd or
fileno(std{in,out}), rather than hardcoded fileno(stdout)
- close STDERR;
- {get,set}_handlers troubles [Geoffrey Young <gyoung@laserlink.net>]
see also: http://perl.apache.org/~dougm/set_handlers.pat
... modules ...
- 1.25 change did not work for:
From: Wenzhong Tang <Tang@appliant.com>
Subject: RE: Prototype mismatch in Apache::PerlRun line 343
- Apache::FakeRequest improvments [Gary Richardson <gary@atdot.org>]
- From: Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
Subject: Apache::test patch
- IPC::Open3 no workie
- From: JR Mayberry <jr.mayberry@e-vend.net>
Subject: Apache::Status problems?..CGI::Cookie, (dont want no CGI.pm) (?)
... build items ...
- xsubpp -nolinenumbers is not supported with 5.004
- 'make test' as root permissions problems
- USE_APXS=1 + DYNAMIC=1 do not work together
- support SSL_BASE=SYSTEM (i.e. test -d $SSL_BASE in Makefile.PL)
- disable PERL_SSI unless mod_include is listed in httpd -l
and Action unless mod_action, etc.
... docs ...
- remove eg/ directory, it's way out of date and no longer needed now
with the guide, the books, and piles of Apache::* modules
- document Apache::Status Apache::Request preference over CGI.pm
and make it more clear that Apache::Status should not be used in a
production environment, as it adds quite a bit of bloat
- docs: update CREDITS, cleanup install docs
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POSSIBLE NEW FEATURES
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- require +ExecCGI for <Perl> in .htaccess, etc.
- hooking up PL_check (-c) to ap_configtest_only
- consider making PERL_USELARGEFILES=0 by default
- add Filter::Call support to Apache::RegistryNG (or subclass of)
- PerlEval directive [Salvador Ortiz Garcia <sog@msg.com.mx>]
- add srand stuff ?
- new Apache::FakeRequest [Rafael Kitover <caelum@debian.org>]
- something like 2.0's Apache::BuildConfig for testing build options
- replace Apache::StatINC with Apache::ModuleReload?
- CHECK blocks? [Michael J Schout <mschout@gkg.net>]
INIT blocks? [T.J. Mather <tjmather@anidea.com>]
- see if possible to have the dso libperl.so be named something else,
e.g. libmodperl.so
[Eugene B. Byrganov <E.B.Byrganov@inp.nsk.su]
- Support of <CR> <LF> in a EBCDIC environment
[Ignasi Roca <ignasi.roca@fujitsu.siemens.es>]
- rename PerlSendHeader?
- think about making 'use Apache::Log ()' automatic
- coderef to $r->custom_response
[Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>]
- Apache::PerlRun::flush_namespace should be re-written in c
- Jeffrey W. Baker's Apache::Util::escape_html() replacement
- Apache::Connection keepalive methods [Joe Schaefer <joe@sunstarsys.com>]
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CONFIG STUFF
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- do something about FreshRestart+dso ? (vivek)
- PERL_STATIC_EXTS doesnt work with USE_APACI=1
- ldopts() spits out ccdlflags when linker is ld
- Makefile.PL should always push load_modules.pl for 'make test'
- need turn of strip of httpd during 'make install' ?
- linkage problem w/ mod_auth_dbm (-ldbm)
Config.pm New: libs='-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -ldb'
Was: libs='-lsocket -lnsl -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt'
SunOS mailhost.cmc.net 5.5 Generic_103093-17 sun4m sparc sun4m
brian moore <bem@cmc.net>
- ExtUtils::Embed/ExtUtils::Liblist clash sometime w/
PERL_STATIC_EXTS, like so:
Unrecognized argument in LIBS ignored:
'/opt/oracle/product/7.3.3/lib/libclient.a'
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -l:libcma.sl
-Wl,-E -Wl,-B,deferred -L/usr/local/lib
/home/web/perl5/lib/site_perl/portable/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.a
/home/ etc etc ...
mark rostron <useny036@IMATION.COM>
Brian Slesinsky <bslesins@best.com>
- From: brian moore <bem@CMC.NET>
As Apacheweek reported a couple weeks ago, 'some' modules on Solaris have
problems with the mutex locking method used by 1.3b5. One of which is
mod_perl. To make it work I had to -DUSE_FCNTL_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT or
the server would never answer a request.
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MISC BUGS
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- Apache->request($r) digs the request_rec out of $r regardless of the
type/class, e.g. Apache->request(bless {r => $r}, 'My::Apache')
- $r->finfo problem with HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
[Shane Adams <shane@viralon.com>]
- "$ENV{FOO} = 'foo'" is cleared from the %ENV array, but left in the
environ[], making it visible to subprocesses.
perl_util.c:perl_clear_env() only deletes from %ENV on purpose to
prevent other problems. need to rethink this.
- recursion triggered by internal_redirect() called by a pushed handler
[Ashish Goyal <ashishg@linux-delhi.org>]
- Gerald's report of Embperl/sub-request/print breakage
- /perl/perl-status?sig dumps core under hpux 10.20
[David-Michael.Lincke@unisg.ch]
- $r cannot use many api methods during ChildInit/ChildExit -> SEGV
- bytes_sent are not logged if header don't go through send_http_header(),
e.g CGI->header(-nph => 1, ...)
Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>
- SIGALRM/flock, Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>
I often use this type of code to handle possibly blocked flocks():
local($timed_out) = 0;
local($SIG{ALRM}) = sub { $timed_out++; die "timed out"; }
alarm(5);
eval {
flock(FH,LOCK_EX);
}
alarm(0);
if ($timed_out) {
print "We timed out. Sorry.";
}
This has been working in standalone CGI scripts, but no longer works
in mod_perl. The signal handler gets called, but then the flock()
call seems to be restarted. It never exit the eval. So this is no big
deal, I just replace the blocking flock() with a poll.
- perl_config should not av_shift ARRAY refs from
%Apache::ReadConfig::
- die and AUTOLOADed DESTROY == empty $@ (Perl or mod_perl bug?)
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KNOWN MODULE BUGS
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- can't multiple Apache::Include->virtual in a single request
- files that have been created after the server's (child?) startup are
being reported with negative age with -M test under Apache::Registry.
The workaround is to add $^T = time; at the beginning of the scripts. But
it would be much better if the Apache::Registry will do that
- Apache::Include->virtual should return run() value, not status()
- libapreq: Apache::Cookie format sync w/ CGI.pm
