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Changes for version 1.31

  • Fix static APACI build on Mac OS X. [Gozer]
  • Fix XSS vulnerability in Apache::Status reported by Richard J. Brain, CVE-2009-0796
  • Fred Moyer
    • On Win32, mod_perl.h needs to include <malloc.h> before the perl headers, at least when built with USE_ITHREADS
  • Steve Hay
    • Win32 needs PERL_SYS_INIT/PERL_SYS_TERM calls when built with USE_ITHREADS [sic--that's different to USE_THREADS]. In fact, they ought to be always called if they are defined
  • Steve Hay
    • Fix potential segfault when the environment contains NULL values [Mike Schilli]
    • Fix static APACI build against newer apache-1.3.38+
  • Gozer
    • Fixed modules/regex.t test 4 on Win32
  • Steve Hay
    • Avoid possible segfault when PerlFreshRestart is On.
  • Michael Rendell <michael@cs.mun.ca>
    • Prevent segfault when running with perl >= 5.9.3
  • Steve Hay
    • Fix shared libary extensions on Win32 to be .dll not .so
  • Nikolay Ananiev <ananiev@thegdb.com>
    • Patch to mod_perl.dsp to remove /D _WINSOCK2API_ on Win32 for perl >= 5.8.6 [Steve Hay]

Documentation

using LWP::Simple and Benchmark.pm to benchmark mod_perl
benchmark mod_perl vs. CGI with File::CounterFile
First steps needed to use mod_perl as a CGI replacement
accessing the Apache API via mod_perl ($Date: 2000-03-05 06:57:55 -0500 (Sun, 05 Mar 2000) $)
running CGI scripts under mod_perl ($Date: 2000-03-05 06:57:55 -0500 (Sun, 05 Mar 2000) $)
frequently asked questions about mod_perl ($Date: 2002-03-24 21:57:59 -0500 (Sun, 24 Mar 2002) $)
Embed a Perl interpreter in the Apache HTTP server
Access to the mod_perl CVS development tree
How to use mod_perl's MethodHandlers
common/known mod_perl traps
mod_perl performance tuning

Modules

Perl interface to the Apache server API
Constants defined in apache header files
advanced functions for manipulating files at the server side
Module for tracking memory leaks in mod_perl code
Interface to Apache logging
XS implementation of Apache::PerlRun/Apache::Registry
Things for symbol things
Perl interface to the Apache table structure
URI component parsing and unparsing
Interface to Apache C util functions
Utilities for debugging embedded perl code
Utils for Apache:C/Perl glue
fake request object for debugging
Utilities for mod_perl/mod_include integration
OPT_* defines from httpd_core.h
Run unaltered CGI scripts under mod_perl
Utilities for work with <Perl> sections
Properly set redirect status for loggers
Run unaltered CGI scrips under mod_perl
Compile Apache::Registry scripts at server startup
Limit resources used by httpd children
Override apache signal handlers with Perl's
Because size does matter.
Reload %INC files when updated on disk
Embedded interpreter status information
Symbol table snapshots
Override Perl's built-in fork()
Generate an httpd.conf file
Methods for locating and parsing bits of Apache source code
Facilitates testing of Apache::* modules
Install Apache mod_perl and related modules

Provides

in Connection/Connection.pm
in lib/Apache/FakeRequest.pm
in lib/Apache/Constants/Exports.pm
in ModuleConfig/ModuleConfig.pm
in lib/Apache/Opcode.pm
in lib/Apache/httpd_conf.pm
in lib/Apache/RegistryBB.pm
in lib/Apache/RegistryNG.pm
in Server/Server.pm
in lib/Apache/Registry.pm
in lib/mod_perl.pm