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mod_perl-1.21_02
River stage three • 155 direct dependents • 183 total dependents
24 ++

Changes for version 1.21_02

  • fix Makefile.PL if $USE_APXS && $PERL_DEBUG
  • Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
    • force environ[] to be copied before any Perl code is loaded
  • Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
    • localize $_ in Apache::send_cgi_header
  • Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
    • fix precedence problem in StatINC.pm
  • Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
    • if hash value has magicalness in <Perl>, invoke FETCH thanks to Kevin Ruscoe for the spot
    • sync with 1.3.12's virtual_host section logic for httpd -S + <Perl> thanks to Kevin Ruscoe for the spot
    • remove t/httpd symlink during 'make realclean' and when rebuilding
  • Geoffrey Young <gyoung@laserlink.net>
    • add Apache::src::otherldflags method
  • Jens-Uwe Mager <jum@helios.de>
    • backout modules/util validate_password tests, not everybody has crypt, thanks to Randy Kobes and Ed Loehr for spotting
    • fix _AIX typo in dso_unload
  • Jens-Uwe Mager <jum@helios.de>

Changes for version 1.21_01

  • #ifdef _AIX, make sure Perl's dlclose is used, instead of Apache's during dso_unload [Jens-Uwe Mager <jum@helios.de>]
  • __THE__ dso fix: dlclose() xs shared objects and call perl_shutdown() before mod_perl's libperl.so is unloaded/reloaded by mod_so
  • Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>, Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison@uk.sun.com>
    • add /D "_MSWSOCK_" to ApacheModulePerl.dsp
  • Randy Kobes <randy@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>
    • removed modules/sandwich test
    • Apache::RegistryBB returns DECLINED instead of FORBIDDEN if -d $r->finfo
  • Sean Chittenden <sean.chittenden@auctia.com>
    • add Apache::Util::validate_password(), as suggested by Christophe Labouisse
    • call (void)perl_request_rec(r) asap, instead of waiting till the response phase, e.g. so CGI.pm can be used before PerlHandler, without having to call Apache->request($r);
    • Apache::perl_hook() fixes for Perl*Api, thanks to Geoffrey Young for the spot
    • save/restore $^W in Apache::PerlRun
  • Honza Pazdziora <adelton@informatics.muni.cz>
    • fix Apache::Registry when $r->uri ends with a /
  • Peter Deister <deister@opus5.de>
    • add virtualhost support to Apache::RegistryLoader
  • John Hughes <john@Calva.COM>
    • $Apache::Registry::NameWithVirtualHost fix
  • John Hughes <john@Calva.COM>
    • allow Apache::PerlRun::handler to be subclassed
  • Yasushi Nakajima <sey@jkc.co.jp>
    • fix $r->connection->remote_ip for SGI performance patches (#ifdef SGI_BOOST)
  • Artem Veremey <scimitar@mail.ru>
    • mod_perl.exp is now installed
    • aix tweaks for building with apxs
  • Jens-Uwe Mager <jum@helios.de>
    • pod fixups to avoid WARNING from newer pod2*
    • Apache::RedirectLogFix now uses $r->last
  • David D. Kilzer <ddkilzer@e-markets.com>
    • tweaks for sfio
  • Lupe Christoph <lupe@lupe-christoph.de>
    • update Apache::SIG docs, thanks to Bill Moseley for the spot
    • fix get_set_PVp in mod_perl_xs.h
  • Michal Jaegermann <michal@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca>
    • tweaks to compile/run with 5.5.670 + -Dusethreads
    • $r->hostname now documented [Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>]
    • Apache::File methods are now documented
  • Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>
    • avoid quoting <Perl> config if args_how == RAW_ARGS thanks to Michael Schout for the spot
    • PerlPassEnv maintains its value beyond the first request, thanks to Chris Thorman for the spot
    • prevent possible core dump in $r->pnotes if get_module_config returns NULL, thanks to Kevin Murphy for the spot
    • fix Apache::Status::status_cv_dump for Perl/5.6-dev
    • use perl_get_sv("]") instead of patchlevel for $AddPerlVersion
    • adjust Makefile.PL and Apache::src to parse 1.3.13-dev's httpd.h
    • Apache::Util functions $r->unescape_uri, $r->unescape_uri_info, $r->size_string are now documented [Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>]
    • $r->request_time is now documented [Jeffrey W. Baker <jwbaker@acm.org>]
    • Look for the makepl_args.mod_perl file as .makepl_args.mod_perl in ./ and ../ too since the book says it works so. [Ask Bjoern Hansen <ask@valueclick.com>]
    • PerlRestartHandler is now enabled w/ ALL_HOOKS=1 (or EVERYTHING=1)
    • $r->no_cache(1) will now set the r->headers_out "Pragma" and "Cache-control" to "no-cache"
    • `PerlSetEnv PERL5LIB ...' now works again, thanks to Stas for the spot
    • Apache::test fix for Apache::Table
    • PerlFreshRestart semantics changed to preserve order of PerlModule's and not to reload modules while actually iterating over %INC
    • $r->current_callback now works properly when PerlHandler invokes subrequests, thanks to James Smith for the spot
    • if an Apache::Table is NULL return undef (e.g. $r->notes during ChildInit)
    • ActivePerl compile patches [Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>]
    • document that Apache 1.2.x is no longer supported
    • Apache::src now supported with USE_APXS=1
    • 'make test' AllowOverride None for Directory /
  • Steve Lembark <Steve.Lembark@wfg.com>
    • disable experimental perlrunxs until future notice
    • add sanity check for libgdbm
    • change PL_siggv usage to gv_fetchpv("SIG", ...) for Perl 5.6-tobe
  • Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig@anima.de>
    • document $r->get_handlers, $r->set_handlers, $r->push_handlers
  • Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>
    • document PerlSetVar [Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>]
    • document the fact that $r->dir_config handles keys in a case insensitive manner [Ken Williams <ken@forum.swarthmore.edu>]
    • avoid logging "rwrite returned -1" multiple times in the same request [Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>]
    • bugfix in write_client() when running under APACHE_SSL
  • Michael Douglass <mikedoug@staff.texas.net>
    • document the fact that $r->connection->user can be used to set the authenticated user name [Joshua Gerth <jgerth@ptdcs2.ra.intel.com>]
    • document the fact that $r->uri sets/gets the URI minus the query string, not the complete URI [Andrei A. Voropaev <andrei@securities.com>]
    • fixed the failure of t/modules/file test in 'make test' suit by untainting the $ENV{PATH} in ./t/net/perl/file.pl [Stas Bekman <sbekman@iname.com>]
    • Apache::RegistryLoader::handler was rewritten to allow a better diagnostics of scripts preloading problems. [Stas Bekman <sbekman@iname.com>]
    • document the fact that $r->args can be used to set the query string as well as get it [Andrei A. Voropaev <andrei@securities.com>]
    • add $r->connection->fileno, provides the client file descriptors. This can be used to detect client disconnect without doing any I/O, e.g. using IO::Select [Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>]
    • if $r->bytes_sent has not been calculated, then do so before returning the value. thanks to Dirk Melchers for the spot
    • ensure that all -I directories printed by Apache::src actually exist
    • don't assume $uri =~ /$path_info$/ in Apache::Registry/PerlRun
  • Jonas Liljegren <jonas@paranormal.o.se>
    • /D "_WINSOCK2API_" for 1.3.9/win32 [Randy Kobes <randy@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>]
    • fix segfault when using Limit in <Perl> sections
  • Müller Joachim <Joachim.Mueller@arbeitsamt.de>
    • make $c->remote_host writeable [Joshua Chamas <joshua@chamas.com>]
    • add per-server PerlSetVar variables, accessed using Apache->server->dir_config or $r->server->dir_config. $r->dir_config merges them with per-directory variables.
  • Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>
    • documentation typo [David Harris <dharris@drh.net>]
    • add $r->server->uid and $r->server->gid [Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>]
    • add per-server configuration merge [Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>]
    • `_' is no longer escaped in Apache::Registry package names
    • fix $ENV{PATH} corruption, thanks to help from Chip Turner, Oleg Bartunov and Tomasz Przygoda
    • mod_perl_version.h removed from MANIFEST
    • fix modules/sandwich test
    • apxs/aix port [Paul J. Reder <rederpj@raleigh.ibm.com>]
    • preload Apache::Constants::OPT_EXECCGI() for Apache::{Registry,PerlRun} thanks to Chris Remshaw for spotting this w/ Apache::DProf
    • Apache::SizeLimit now uses $r->child_terminate instead of Apache::exit(-2)
  • Jon Peterson <jon@snowdrift.org>
    • get rid of various 5.005_60 warnings
    • add Status{Terse,TerseSize,Deparse,Fathom,OptionsAll} options to Apache::Status
    • adjust mod_perl.h for 5.005_59 perl_eval_{pv,sv} rename
    • fix flush_namespace undef logic in Apache::PerlRun, thanks to Karsten Meier for the spot
    • Tweak Apache::content to comply with media-types embedded in content-types (RFC 2616 section 3.7) [Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com>]
    • Removed and added a few modules from the Bundle file. <ask@netcetera.dk>
    • Renamed the Apache::StatINC parameters to StatINC_<something>. Changed StatINC_Debug to take a number as parameter instead of "on" to support "debug levels" <ask@netcetera.dk>

Documentation

CREDITS
Changes
INSTALL
lwp-simple
using LWP::Simple and Benchmark.pm to benchmark mod_perl
stopwatch
benchmark mod_perl vs. CGI with File::CounterFile
cgi_to_mod_perl
First steps needed to use mod_perl as a CGI replacement
Mod_perl_api
accessing the Apache API via mod_perl ($Date: 1999/02/09 20:36:54 $)
Mod_perl_cgi
running CGI scripts under mod_perl ($Date: 1999/04/27 20:05:58 $)
Mod_perl_faq
frequently asked questions about mod_perl ($Date: 1999/04/27 20:03:07 $)
mod_perl
Embed a Perl interpreter in the Apache HTTP server
mod_perl_cvs
Access to the mod_perl CVS development tree
mod_perl_method_handlers
How to use mod_perl's MethodHandlers
mod_perl_traps
common/known mod_perl traps
mod_perl_tuning
mod_perl performance tuning

Modules

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

Provides

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

Examples

Other files