Re: <Perl>...</Perl> and startup.pl equivalent?

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colin_e wrote:
> Platforms: Solaris 9, Win XP
> Apache: 2.0.52
> Perl: ActiveState Perl 5.8.4
> 
> Hi Guys,
>    New to Apache 2.0.52 and modperl, working through the install and 
> configure steps.
> 
> Most books and docs on using modperl recommend using a "startup.pl" script
> to configure the Perl environment on startup, setting lib paths etc.  
> However, Apache now
> supports  <Perl>...</Perl> sections directly in the Apache config files.
> 
> In a normal perl script, a chunk of code brought in with "require" is 
> exactly the same as a
> block inline within the the main routine.
> 
> Queastion- is this the same in Apache? I.e, instead of using a 
> startup.pl file can I include all the perl
> configuration inline in httpd.conf inside <Perl></Perl> blocks, with the 
> same effect? Logically
> it would seem so, but the apache docs also say variables in the <Perl> 
> blocks go away after use,
> so it's unclear whether oeprations like "use lib ...." would have an 
> effect.

Nothing run in <perl> sections goes away, please point us to the specific 
doc you are talking about, so we can better address this confusion.

We are going to write the best-practices for running code at startup 
soonish (which will include a suggestion not to use <Perl> section for 
anything but Config-related things). We will also add some directives 
(should appear in mp2-RC2). I will post to the list a notice when the 
information/code is ready.

Meanwhile you should be just fine running any code from <Perl> sections. 
If you have a specific problem please ask.


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