[solved] mod_perl & apache2 not working after upgrading perl

DerBien · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 18

net-www/apache-2.0.54-r7
www-apache/mod_perl-1.99.11
dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r4

After upgrading world earlier today i realized apache no longer works. on startup it compaints:

msalerno · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:09 pm Post subject:

You could try adding the following line to /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d/apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl

use lib "/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux/Bundle";
and/or
use lib "/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux/Bundle/Apache2.pm";
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DerBien · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 18

Hi,

thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately that didnt help.
Added the suggested lines, restarted apache with -D PERL .. same error. I ended up throwing mod_perl out and switched back to regular CGI. .. which is Slow, but works.

msalerno · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject:

That seems a bit drastic. The issue is that your new perl library path is not being included in the @INC array. You might need to recompile perl again.

If you look at your @INC path, you will see some problems.

DerBien · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 18

The output i was showing earlier came from apache logfile. Its probably been truncated. This below is from perl -V. As shown the directory is ok.

mxc · Guru Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Posts: 442 Location: South Africa

I have got the same problem. I know very little about perl so dont know where to look. Any progress on your side? BTW I had to copy the mod_perl config files from /etc/apache/conf/modules.d/ to the new spot /etc/apache/modules.d. I edited the 75_mod_perl file to point to the correct location for the perl startup script.

I get the same error in my log file as above

DerBien · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 18

I havent changed anything since i disabled mod_perl. However i found this note on the otrs.org website, in the changelog for the new upcoming 2.0 release

LordArthas · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:22 pm Post subject:

Hi all!

After fixing the usual broken path, I had the same problems as you about Apache2.pm (I'm using mod_perl-2.0.0 ebuild). I fixing by editing the startup script. There is a new one attached to this bug.

Unfortunately, it still doesn't work. When I start Apache it takes forever and then fails, sometimes it just hangs there and Apache doesn't load. At this point I'm giving up as this ebuild seems to be doomed. I'll wait for the next one.

Michele..

gcasillo · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject:

The mod_perl-2.0.0 ebuild has been fux0red for a couple months now despite several bug reports.

LordArthas · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:38 am Post subject:

Hi!

I'm reverting to mod_fastcgi for now, which ain't exactly the same thing but - hey - Catalyst works well with it!

michele

snIP3r · l33t Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 770 Location: germany

same problem here:

[Thu Jul 28 21:19:02 2005] [error] Can't locate ModPerl/Util.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/httpd/perl /etc/perl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . /usr/lib/apache2/ /usr/lib/apache2/lib/perl) at /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d/apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl line 8.\nBEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d/apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl line 8.\nCompilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 1.\n
[Thu Jul 28 21:19:02 2005] [error] Can't load Perl file: /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d/apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl for server localhost:0, exiting...\n

only diabling mod_perl made apache2 up and running....

wating for a bugfix...

greets
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LordArthas · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject:

Hi!

It seem we have mod_perl 2.0.1 now in portage. However I still have to test it, as I'm quite happy with mod_fastcgi right now. I might do that in the next days.

Michele.

Survey · n00b Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 2

I'm about to install mod_perl also, im just wondering how come i dont get the latest package when i do a
emerge --search mod_perl ..i get

DerBien · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 18

Hi,

the latest versions of mod_perl are in portage, but masked by keyword ~x86. to install them anyways you gotta: echo "www-apache/mod_perl ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

then emerge again. As far as i know mod_perl2 will also require you to do the same for the latest apache build which is a dep, but also masked currently.

cheers
alex

Survey · n00b Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 2

Thanx alot for the reply, worked great. Makes me think if there's a way to unmask all of them? Since alot of those packages seem to depend on other masked packages, rather timeconsuming to "echo" them all.

tradenet · n00b Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 49

I'm getting the same with 1.99.11
That error comes about when you try to load:
apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl
Anybody try v 2.0.1-r1 yet.
I'd like to try it, but it needs a whole bunch of stuff:

jmanning · n00b Joined: 22 Oct 2003 Posts: 27

mod_perl 2.0.1 ebuilds working great here with apache-2.0.54-r8 and Maypole/Catalyst apps. Beware the conf file changes in >=apache-2.0.54-r10.

package.keywords:
www-apache/mod_perl ~x86
www-apache/libapreq2 ~x86
# use these if you want
#net-www/apache ~x86
#net-www/gentoo-webroot-default ~x86
#dev-libs/apr ~x86
#dev-libs/apr-util ~x86

The missing Apache2.pm on mod_perl version 2.0 and greater is due to an API change. There's probably a new startup.pl file somewhere that doesn't try to use Apache2.

If you have custom code or startup scripts, you definitely have to change everything to work with the final API.

See: http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/rename.html
It was a big change, very late in the 2.0 dev cycle. It broke many things, kinda controversial. But, that's why its the dev version! They promise a stable API from here on (at least until 3.0).

Also, after running perl-cleaner, go into /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/[old-perl-version] and re-emerge anything left - then delete the directory. Make a list of anything you installed manually (ie from CPAN) and whatever you find in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/[old-perl-versions]. Then purge the old lib directories entirely, and reinstall everything - g-cpan works well and plays nice with portage packages, but straight CPAN does the job too.

~J

biggyL · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject:

Hello All,

I had the same problem with apache2 and mod_perl:
[Sun Dec 25 14:39:27 2005] [error] Can't locate lib.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . /usr/lib/apache2) at /etc/apache2/modules.d/apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl line 1.\nBEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /etc/apache2/modules.d/apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl line 1.\nCompilation failed in require at (eval 2) line 1.\n
[Sun Dec 25 14:39:27 2005] [error] Can't load Perl file: /etc/apache2/modules.d/apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl for server vod.edu.haifa.ac.il:0, exiting...

Solved it the following way:

thomash · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 14

jmanning, i'm having some config problems witrh apache, mod_perl and catalyst.

Is it possible to have a look at your config files?

Jimboscott · n00b Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 22 Location: CH-Lausanne

perl-cleaner worked for me but it's could take a lot of time...