| mod_perl 1.3 STATUS: |
| Last modified at [$Date$] |
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| Release: |
| 1.30: Released March 29, 2007. |
| 1.29: Released Oct 7, 2003. |
| 1.28: Released July 2, 2003. |
| 1.27: Released June 1, 2002. |
| 1.26: Released July 11, 2001. |
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| Available Patches: |
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| * Need to correct the order of PERL5LIB entries insert into @INC. |
| and document that 'arch' is not automatically inserted |
| Report: +Patch by Gordon Lack |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110779533400004&r=1&w=2 |
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| * Improper signal handler restoration with sigaction() |
| Report: +Patch |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=107177256515969&w=2 |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=103374262313616&w=2 |
| Status: Rafael Garcia-Suarez says the patch looks good at the |
| first glance |
| Followup from Eric: |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=107244468206637&w=2 |
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| * if the requested number of bytes was less |
| than or equal to the available amount of input then the call |
| would be successful, otherwise the buffer would come back |
| undefined. In the case that the requested number of bytes was |
| larger than the available number of bytes, the returned number |
| of bytes would still equal the available number of bytes. |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=105903751619552&w=2 |
| Status: |
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| * per_request_cleanup() only cleans up the current request. As one |
| consequence, pnotes of parent requests will not get cleaned up. |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=104176956128093&w=2 |
| Status: |
| Patch available at |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=104185397922327&w=2 |
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| * $r->print() ignores $\ |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=102874705105904&w=2 |
| Status: |
| Patch available at |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=105359253610093&w=2 |
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| * Apache->request(bless {r => $r}, 'My::Apache') |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=98600785703290&w=2 |
| Status: |
| Patch needs to get further testing |
| Patch: |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=105412732722992&w=2 |
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| * mp_preload_module and method handlers broken. |
| Report: |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=105532710700003&r=1&w=2 |
| Status: |
| When using Perl*Handler Foo->bar. mp_preload_module will not correctly |
| load the module at all. And if the module is preloaded with PerlModule |
| or added to the startup scripts, Foo->bar(undef) will be called on startup |
| without a valid $r to speak of. Similar broken behaviour happens with |
| Perl*Handler $My::Obj->foo. |
| Patch: |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=105591097807663&w=2 |
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| Needs Patch or Further Investigation |
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| * *0 = "foo"; doesn't change the process name (at least at the server |
| startup) it probably used to work: |
| http://gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/modperl/35091 |
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| * make sure that DO_HTTPD=1 and PREP_HTTPD=1 aren't passed at the same time |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110053652600001&r=1&w=2 |
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| * ACL support |
| Report: |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=105042055700005&r=1&w=2 |
| Status: |
| Patch available with the orignial report, but needs to make sure it will work |
| across all platforms, POSIX or not. |
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| * src/modules/ApacheModulePerl has been deprecated and replaced by src/modules/win32. |
| Since it's not even distributed anymore, can that directory be deleted? |
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| * LWP used to be optional for running 'make test', now I get: |
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| /home/stas/perl/5.6.0-ithread/bin/perl t/TEST 0 |
| Can't locate LWP/UserAgent.pm in @INC ... |
| ... |
| Must skip important tests without LWP... |
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| but the test suite won't start |
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| * $r->print() ignores $, |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=102902480103484&w=2 |
| Status: |
| Patch available with the original report, but needs to be simplified a bit and |
| currently will not work with perl 5.8+, see the patch for $\ |
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| * make test fails when a wrong combination of URI and LWP are |
| installed. (e.g. lwp 5.64 and URI 1.09). LWP's Makefile.PL |
| requires the right URI version, but certain binary distributors |
| miss this requirement and distribute LWP without making a |
| dependency on the right version of the URI package |
| Report: many reports in the last year. |
| Status: ??? |
| Suggestion: require libwww-perl 5.64 and URI 1.1 |
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| * two identical directives in <Perl> configuration |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=97449481013350&w=2 |
| Status: |
| doc patch at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=97450363501652&w=2 |
| however: this documented feature should be supported. |
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| * readdir() broken on linux with glibc 2.2 |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=98824089613574&w=2 |
| Status: |
| does anybody have an example to reproduce the bug? |
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| * warn() going to the wrong log |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=98190005604037&w=2 |
| Status: |
| coincidentially, I've noticed that s->error_fname is not populated |
| in a vhost when the vhost relies on the ErrorLog from the main |
| server --Geoff |
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| s->error_fname == NULL is expected, see ap_open_logs(), only |
| s->error_log is inherited. |
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| i would expect stderr to only ever be opened to the main |
| server log at startup. otherwise, we'd need to redirect stderr at the |
| start of every request and restore it at the end. seems expensive. |
| i would be suprised if this every worked as matt expected it |
| to. -dougm |
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| * segfaults with DBI->connect (mysql) |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=96392180616185&w=2 |
| Status: |
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| * revisit send_http_header and r->status |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99063926111686&w=2 |
| Status: |
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| * recursion triggered by internal_redirect() called by a pushed handler |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=94792974200198&w=2 |
| Status: |
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| * IPC::Open3 issues |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=98839218229712&w=2 |
| Status: |
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| * Prototype mismatch in Apache::PerlRun |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=97934624332223&w=2 |
| Status: |
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| * 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 $^T = time; at the beginning of the scripts. But |
| it would be much better if the Apache::Registry will do that |
| Report: ? |
| Status: |
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| * Apache::DProf seg-fault via Devel::DProf's prof_mark() |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=101923951812332&w=2 |
| Status: |
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| * collisions between Apache::Status and English.pm |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=102096856215178&w=2 |
| Status: |
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| Open Issues or Core Enhancements: |
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| * we need a script that will generate a bug report, similar to |
| mp2bug in mp2 (mp1bug?) |
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| * method handler cached-CVs |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=99789775715863&w=2 |
| Status: |
| patch available |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=101164617829467&w=2 |
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| * "$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. |
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| * option to startup with something other than /dev/null |
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| * PerlChildInitHandler should not be allowed inside <VirtualHost> |
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| * rid Apache->can_stack_handlers, make Apache->can('push_handlers') work |
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| * fileno(STD{IN,OUT}) should be r->connection->client->fd or |
| fileno(std{in,out}), rather than hardcoded fileno(stdout) |
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| * close STDERR; |
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| * Apache::FakeRequest improvments [Gary Richardson <gary@atdot.org>] |
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| * xsubpp -nolinenumbers is not supported with 5.004 |
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| * 'make test' as root permissions problems |
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| * USE_APXS=1 + DYNAMIC=1 do not work together |
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| * support SSL_BASE=SYSTEM (i.e. test -d $SSL_BASE in Makefile.PL) |
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| * disable PERL_SSI unless mod_include is listed in httpd -l |
| and Action unless mod_action, etc. |
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| Documentation: |
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| * Consider removing the following files from the distribution, |
| they were already removed from the site and not maintained: |
| - cgi_to_mod_perl.pod |
| - mod_perl.pod |
| - mod_perl_tuning.pod |
| - mod_perl_method_handlers.pod |
| - mod_perl_traps.pod |
| - mod_perl_cvs.pod |
| - faq/mjtg-news.txt |
| - faq/mod_perl_api.pod |
| - faq/mod_perl_cgi.pod |
| - faq/mod_perl_faq.pod |
| - benchmark/lwp-simple.pod |
| - benchmark/stopwatch.pod |
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| * 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 |
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| * docs: update CREDITS, cleanup install docs |
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| Patches unlikely to be applied: |
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| * print() dereferencing issues |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99905070209305&w=2 |
| Status: |
| patch available |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99999116330145&w=2 |
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| the feature of print() dereferencing scalars should be deprecated. |
| therefor, i don't think this patch should be applied as it |
| would introduce overhead to support a deprecated feature. |
| user should simply dereference themselves, print $$foo; -dougm |
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| * Apache::test |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=98278446807561&w=2 |
| Status: |
| patch available |
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| any further development of testing framework should be put |
| into Apache-Test within httpd-test/perl-framework |
| http://httpd.apache.org/test/ -dougm |
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| * get/set handlers issues |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=95721313917562&w=2 |
| Status: |
| patch available |
| http://perl.apache.org/~dougm/set_handlers.pat |
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| modperl 1.x is in maintainance mode, this change puts the |
| core stablity at risk to support functionality that few |
| require. -dougm |
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| * $r->args parsing of one=&two=2 |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=98018719907031&w=2 |
| Status: |
| patch available at |
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=98048943129379&w=2 |
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| $r->args and $r->content methods are cheap hacks that |
| probably never should have been written. if they are not |
| good enough as-is, user should use Apache::Request or another |
| library with more robustness. |
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| Known bugs unlikely to be fixed: |
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| * $r cannot use many api methods during ChildInit/ChildExit -> SEGV |
| Report: ? |
| Status: |
| "don't do that". these hooks were introduced after modperl |
| had already been written around all the hooks which took |
| only a request_rec argument. the "fake" request_rec passed |
| to these new hooks was a quick and dirty hack and will |
| probably stay that way. 2.0 does the right thing. |
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| * Apache->server->register_cleanup |
| Report: if modperl is linked static, Apache->server->register_cleanup |
| is only called on the first pass during server startup. |
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| Status: |
| this is a legacy bug related to modperl not doing a complete |
| teardown/startup of the interpreter on every restart, so it |
| only happens the first time a Perl{Require,Module} is loaded. |
| this is done properly with dso however. static users can |
| workaround the bug with PerlFreshRestart or delete $INC{__FILE__} |
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| * 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> |
| Report: ? |
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| Status: |
| does anybody actually use nph script anymore? |
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| * perl_config should not av_shift ARRAY refs from %Apache::ReadConfig:: |
| Report: ? |
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| Status: |
| i don't think this is actually a problem for anybody. |
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| * die and AUTOLOADed DESTROY == empty $@ (Perl or mod_perl bug?) |
| Report: ? |
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| Status: |
| this report is ages old and haven't heard any reports since. |
| if it is a bug, it is likely in perl. solution in that any |
| case: don't AUTOLOAD DESTROY. |
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| * can't multiple Apache::Include->virtual in a single request |
| Report: ? |
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| Status: |
| Apache::Include was indented as an example. the subrequest |
| api is not complicated, just use it directly for this |
| functionality. |
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| * Apache::Include->virtual should return run() value, not status() |
| Report: ? |
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| Status: see above. |
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| * SERVER_MERGE and DIR_MERGE |
| Report: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=97351976714878&w=2 |
| Status: |
| The require() part may be legitimate. personally, I never |
| understood the DIR_CREATE happening before SERVER_CREATE |
| either, but it doesn't seem to affect anything. the double |
| DIR_MERGE is just a misunderstanding on Andy's part and is |
| a result of how Apache handles <Location> before and |
| after translation. --Geoff |
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| '.' is part of the default @INC, so this shouldn't be a problem. |
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| as for when the CREATE/MERGE functions are called, that's up |
| to apache when that happens. unless somebody can illustrate |
| that Perl directive handlers are treated any different than |
| C handlers, this is a documentation enhancement, not a bug. |
| the extra DIR_{CREATE,MERGE} is likely related to |
| s->lookup_defaults. -dougm |
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| Known bugs unlikely to be fixed because they aren't under our (mod_perl) control: |
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| * /perl/perl-status?sig dumps core under hpux 10.20 |
| [David-Michael.Lincke@unisg.ch] and [Silvio.Wanka@alcatel.de] |
| Status: |
| SIGRTMAX is not being picked up by ./Configure under certain circumstances. |
| Patch: |
| http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2002-04/msg01458.html |
