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List:       apache-modperl
Subject:    Re: Error: R_PPC_REL24 - Cannot load mod_perl.so into server on PowerPC
From:       "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci () p6m7g8 ! com>
Date:       2006-05-24 10:13:20
Message-ID: 447431C0.5070902 () p6m7g8 ! com
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Keith A. Carlson wrote:
> I am running a dual processor PowerPC and have had mod_perl running for 
> almost two years with no problems.  One of the applications that I have 
> been running is WebGUI (content management system).  When I upgraded to 
> the most recent version of WebGUI it had me install a bunch of Perl 
> packages (http://www.plainblack.com/installing_webgui) and while I was 
> doing that I somehow (maybe one of the packages required it?) ended up 
> doing a recompile of mod_perl.  Now I get the error ‘R_PPC_REL24 – 
> Cannot load mod_perl.so into server’ (my abbreviated version of the error).
Worst case, you'll have to resync your compiles of perl, httpd, 
mod_perl, and WebGui.

> P_PPC_REL24 has something to do with addressing size on shared modules 
> when running PowerPC as your CPU.  In other places on the web I have 
> found that people are saying that if you compile with ‘-fpic’ or ‘-fPIC’ 
> that it will solve this problem.  I am not sure the difference between 
> ‘fpic’ and ‘fPIC’ and maybe that has something to do with this.  
> Unfortunately, when I look at the Makefile I see that fpic is already 
> there as a compiler option as ‘CCCDLFLAGS = -fpic’.  
cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC', lddlflags='-shared  -L/usr/local/lib

Its probably closer to what you want ... look at
perl -V:cccdlflags
or
perl -V

for hints

> This box is a production box that includes a perl based Ecommerce system 
> (Interchange) so I have to tread kind of lightly on my perl and apache 
> installations but I desperately need to get this going.

> mod_perl 2.0.2
> 
> perl 5.8.6
Did you install the SPRINTF buffer overflow security patch part of 5.8.8

http://dev.perl.org/perl5/news/2005/perl_patches_fix_sprintf_buffer.html

> 
> apache 2.0.50
That version of apache is 2+ years old... upgrade.


Technically, your combo is supposed to work though.


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