Apache 24 + mod_perl

[Patrick Powell]

On 08/06/14 14:34, olli hauer wrote:
> On 2014-08-06 22:45, Patrick Powell wrote:
>> On 08/06/14 00:19, Steve Hay wrote:
>>> On 3 August 2014 22:13, Patrick Powell <papowell at astart.com> wrote:
>>>> On 08/03/14 08:25, olli hauer wrote:
>>>>> On 2014-08-01 23:34, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Question:  when will mod_perl be available for Apache 24?
>>>>>> There's a PR where people are discussing this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191471
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This PR needs more testers etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I've updated the PR with a patch against the latest mod_perl trunk
>>>>> revision (r1602105).
>>>>>
>>>>> The patch against the port can be grabbed from here or from our bugzilla
>>>>>
>>>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~ohauer/diffs/apache/mod_perl2-2.0.8_apache24.diff
>>>>>
>>>>> Please test *at own risk*, and report issues to upstream and here so we
>>>>> can integrate fresh upstream fixes and update the port.
>>>>>
>>>>> The first proposed patch will allows the port to build but I have to many
>>>>> concerns for integrating this simple fix into the tree.
>>>>> I don't believe the first patch on the PR will work right else it would
>>>>> take the upstream dev. work and time for mod_perl2 at absurdI -um ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I have taken a slightly different approach,   using the mod_perl2 SVN
>>>> ..../httpd24 branch as the starting point.
>>>>
>>> The httpd24 branch is obselete. It was used for the initial
>>> development of httpd-2.4 support, but was superseded by
>>> httpd24threading, and since then everything from both branches has
>>> been merged back to trunk.
>>>
>>> The current trunk is largely ready for a 2.0.9 release supporting
>>> httpd-2.4, pending some more testing and fixes as necessary.
>>>
>> I tried using the trunk a couple of days ago and it did not compile.  Just to make sure
>> that I am using the right SVN respository and branch, what is the URL of the trunk SVN repository?
>> I am more than happy to try testing mod_perl.
>>
> Hm, with the following patch applied to www/mod_perl2 it builds fine for me on FreeBSD 8.4 / 10.0 (amd64) an apache-2.4.10
> http://people.freebsd.org/~ohauer/diffs/apache/mod_perl2-2.0.8_apache24.diff
>
> The patch does some adjustments in the port / pkg-plist and fetches a complete archive containing all patches so the sources are the same as the upstream (r1602105) trunk/httpd24threade branch.
>
> After applying the patch and using the command `make patch' it is easy to compare the sources against upstream sources (check out before)
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/perl/modperl/branches/httpd24threading
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/perl/modperl/trunk
>
>
> Easiest way to apply the patch against the unmodified port:
>
> $ cd www/mod_perl2
> $ fetch http://people.freebsd.org/~ohauer/diffs/apache/mod_perl2-2.0.8_apache24.diff
> $ patch -p1 < mod_perl2-2.0.8_apache24.diff
>
> PS:
> I've updated the patch because it needs some additional handling for pkg-plist if build against apache-2.2.x (Provider.pm/Provider.so)
>
>
I tried your procedure (see above).  The patch applied, I was able to 
compile the mod_perl,
and  'make test' ran and it passed all of the critical tests.

I then ran some more of my tests for the functionality it used. These 
passed.

I would say that unless somebody else comes up with a problem that I 
would use this as a baseline
for distribution/installation.

That is,  I would put up the modified Makefile,  with a warning, but 
would allow people
to make/install it by specifying an option such as "make IGNORE_WARNING=yes"

Of course, the FreeBSD Ports team may have different views on this... 
but until the upstream mod_perl team puts out mod_perl-2.0.9 officially 
I think that this is the best we can do.  Also,  some more testers will 
be able to try it out and report any problems....