Re: Problem building apache_1.3.33 and mod_perl-1.29 on Fedora Core 3

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Chris Croome wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to build apache 1.3.33 and mod_perl 1.29 from source on
> Fedora Core 3, this is what I have tried so far:
> 
>   tar -zxvf apache_1.3.33.tar.gz
>   tar -zxvf mod_perl-1.29.tar.gz
>   cd mod_perl-1.29
>   perl Makefile.PL APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.33 DO_HTTPD=1 PREP_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 EVERYTHING=1
>   make
>   cd ../apache_1.3.33
>   ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache
>   cd ../mod_perl-1.29
>   make test
> 
> And the test generated the following error:
> 
>   ../apache_1.3.33/src/httpd -f `pwd`/t/conf/httpd.conf -X -d `pwd`/t &
>   /bin/sh: ../apache_1.3.33/src/httpd: No such file or directory
>   httpd listening on port 8529
>   will write error_log to: t/logs/error_log
>   letting apache warm up...\c
>   done

Not sure why Makefile.PL doesn't handle that but DO_HTTPD=1 PREP_HTTPD=1 
contradict each other:
http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/install.html#DO_HTTPD__NO_HTTPD__PREP_HTTPD

>   /usr/bin/perl t/TEST 0
>   still waiting for server to warm up...............not ok
>   server failed to start! (please examine t/logs/error_log) at t/TEST line 95.
>   make: *** [run_tests] Error 111
> 
> There is no t/logs/error_log, in fact t/logs/ is totally empty.
> 
> I have tried this several times, this is the error I got one time when I
> omitted "DO_HTTPD=1 PREP_HTTPD=1" and manually asked for mod_perl to
> build apache:
> 
>   ../apache_1.3.33/src/httpd -f `pwd`/t/conf/httpd.conf -X -d `pwd`/t &
>   Syntax error on line 3 of /usr/local/src/mod_perl-1.29/t/conf/httpd.conf:
>   Invalid command '=pod', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
>   httpd listening on port 8529
>   will write error_log to: t/logs/error_log
>   letting apache warm up...\c
>   done
>   /usr/bin/perl t/TEST 0
>   still waiting for server to warm up...............not ok
>   server failed to start! (please examine t/logs/error_log) at t/TEST line 95.
>   make: *** [run_tests] Error 111

that's normal since you didn't load mod_perl (as you did things manually).

> Again there are no error logs and also there is pod syntax in the
> httpd.conf file, I guess that this should be removed by mod_perl before
> passing the config onto apache...
> 
> I have build apache and mod_perl on all previous versions of Fedora
> without a problem.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions about what I might be able to do to try
> to track down the problem?
> 
> Or am I just doing something really daft?

Yup, just drop PREP_HTTPD=1. Please see:
http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/getwet.html#Building_mod_perl

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