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List:       apache-modperl
Subject:    Re: Apache 24 + mod_perl
From:       Patrick Powell <papowell () astart ! com>
Date:       2014-08-08 14:35:16
Message-ID: 53E4E024.6070003 () astart ! com
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Hmmm... well, it looks like you need to update the procedures from 
RedHat which build the mod_perl.
I don't think you can build a FreeBSD port on a Linux system, although 
stranger things have happened.

On 08/06/14 19:43, Jie Gao wrote:
> The patch, or rather the patching itself, does not work with a box of
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 for me here.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jie
> 
> * Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 17:27:15 -0700
> > From: Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com>
> > To: olli hauer <ohauer@gmx.de>
> > CC: Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>,
> > ports@freebsd.org, "modperl@perl.apache.org" <modperl@perl.apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: Apache 24 + mod_perl
> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130714
> > Thunderbird/17.0.7
> > 
> > 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@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....


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