Re: $r->document_root

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> First, in my little test, I alternate between five different hosts, and
> don't do the cleanup handler to put the docroot back, and everything looks
> fine.

you will eventually, once you get enough requests to cycle through all of
the httpd children.

> 
> Second, I couldn't get this
> 
> $r->document_root(hostname2docroot($r->hostname));
> 
> To set the docroot.

yeah, I seem to recall this behavior in mod_perl 1.0 as well.  strange indeed.

> My question is, why switch to apache2 if I have to use a prefork server, and
> seemingly can't take advantage of threading?

apache 2.0 is about much more than threading.  however, as with all
migrations you need to weigh migrations pains, new features you may or may
not need, your perception of community support of the codebase, and so on
before making a change.

personally, I think there is lots to apache2/mp2 that would warrant a
change, but if you don't use any of the new features or APIs then you might
feel differently.  and apache 1.3/mp1 isn't going away at all, so you should
feel comfortable sticking with that platform if it suits you.

HTH

--Geoff