RE: [RELEASE CANDIDATE] mod_perl 2.0-RC5

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Assuming i was upgrading a machine running RC4 to RC5, what is the =
easiest way to remove RC4 so RC5 will install? =20

make uninstall in the old build directory says it's depreciated (looking =
at the makefile), but offers no automated alternative?  Will it do the =
job or do I really need to go through the perl lib directories and =
manually delete stuff?

Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Young [mailto:geoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:06 AM
To: dev@xxxx.xxxxxx.xxx; modperl@xxxx.xxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [RELEASE CANDIDATE] mod_perl 2.0-RC5


the mod_perl development team is pleased to announce that we have a new
candidate for mod_perl 2.0, ready and waiting for testers.

this release, mod_perl 1.999_22, is a _very_ significant release as it
contains major API changes and is completely incompatible with any prior
release of mod_perl 1.99.  in other words, you will need to modify ALL =
of
your old 2.0 code before it will be able to run with this latest =
release.
fortunately, the changes required are minor, straightforward, and =
simple.

  *** YOU WILL NEED TO MODIFY ALL YOUR CODE AFTER UPGRADING ***

so, before you dive into this release, please take the time to read this

  http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/rename.html

as it explains the changes, the reasons behind them, and the migration =
path
for your current codebase.

the release tarball is available for download from here

  http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/rename.html

did I mention to read the document at

  http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/rename.html

?

:)

once you've read it, please take a moment to download and test the =
tarball

  http://people.apache.org/~geoff/mod_perl-2.0.0-RC5.tar.gz

and report back successes or failures.  your help in testing is greatly
appreciated

--Geoff

Changes since RC4:

    ******************** IMPORTANT ********************
    this version of mod_perl is completely incompatible
      with prior versions of mod_perl, both 1.XX and
     1.99_XX. Please read the below changes carefully.
    ***************************************************

remove MP_INST_APACHE2 installation option and Apache2.pm - all
mod_perl related files will now be installed so they are visible
via standard @INC.  also, refuse to install over mod_perl 2 versions
less than 1.999_22.  [Geoffrey Young]

s/Apache::/Apache2::/g and s/mod_perl/mod_perl2/g in all module
APIs.  so, Apache::RequestRec is now Apache2::RequestRec,
Apache::compat is now Apache2::compat, and so on. [joes]

move all Apache:: constants to Apache2::Const and all APR:: constants
to APR::Const.  for example, Apache:OK is now Apache2::Const::OK and
APR::SUCCESS is now APR::Const::SUCCESS.  [Geoffrey Young]

add $ENV{MOD_PERL_API_VERSION} as something that clearly distinguishes
which mod_perl version is being used at request time.  [Geoffrey Young]

rename Apache->request() to Apache2::RequestUtil->request(), and
Apache->server() to Apache2::ServerUtil->server()
[Geoffrey Young]

fix Apache2::Status which was bailing out on trying to load modules
with dev versions like 2.121_02 [Stas]

When parsing Makefile.PL MP_* options, handle correctly the MP_FOO=3D0
entries [Philip M. Gollucci <pgollucci@xxxxxx.xxx>]

init the anonsub hash for base perl and each vhost +Parent (previously
was init'ed only for the base perl) [Stas]

fix a bug when a non-threaded perl is used and anonymous sub is pushed
at the server startup (the CV wasn't surviving) [Stas]

Make sure that CPAN shell doesn't triple over usage of
$ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION [Randy Kobes]

Apache2::RequestRec->new now sets $r->request_time [Stas]

remove CGI.pm and Apache::Request dependencies from Apache2::Status
since they weren't used at all [Geoffrey Young]

Fixes for Apache2::Reload's touchfile feature (return Apache2::Const::OK
instead of 1) [Chris Warren <chwarren@xxxxx.xxx>]

cygwin fixes: [Nick *** <doink123@xxx.xx>]
- doesn't like XS wrapper starting with 'static'
- need to compile everything with -DCYGWIN

ModPerl::RegistryCooker API change: s/rewrite_shebang/shebang_to_perl/
the new API now returns the string to prepend before the rest of the
script, instead of rewriting the content, which is both faster and
doesn't mislead the perl debugger [Dominique Quatravaux
<dom@xxxxxx.xxx>]

Starting from ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.26 went back to pm_to_blib target
from pm_to_blib.ts introduced in 6.22, so needed to fix the glue_pod
target, so install will work correctly [Stas]

Syntax errors in <Perl> sections were not correctly caught and
reported. [Gozer]

when building mp2 EU::MM looks into Apache-Test/MANIFEST and complains
about the missing Apache-Test/META.yml (which is indeed not included
in the modperl package due to the PAUSE problems of dealing with more
than one META.yml. Solution: Exclude Apache-Test/MANIFEST from
mod_perl distribution package. [Stas]

ModPerl::Registry no longer checks for -x bit (we don't executed
scripts anyway), and thus works on acl-based filesystems. Also
replaced the -r check with a proper error handling when the file is
read in. [Damon Buckwalter <buckwad@xxxxx.xxx>]

Apache2::RequestUtil::slurp_filename now throws an APR::Error exception
object (before it was just croaking). [Stas]

fix APR::Error's overload of '=3D=3D' (it was always returning true
before), and add the corresponding '!=3D' [Stas]

if $r->document_root was modified, restore it at the end of request
[joes]

Apache2::ServerRec method which set the non-integer fields in the
server_rec, now copy the value from the perl scalar, so if it changes
or goes out of scope the C struct is not affected. Using internal perl
variables to preserve the value, since using the server pool to
allocate the memory will mean a memory leak [Stas]

add the escape_url entry in the ModPerl::MethodLookup knowledgebase
[Stas]

Apache2::SubProcess::spawn_proc_prog now can be called in a void
context, in which case all the communication std pipes will be closed
[Stas]

fix a bug in $r->document_root, which previously weren't copying the
new string away [Stas]

introduce a new build option MP_AP_DESTDIR to aid package builders
direct the Apache-specific files to the right place. [Cory Omand
<Cory.Omand@xxx.xxx>]

Fix bug in modperl_package_clear_stash() segfaulting when
encountering declared but not yet defined subroutines.
[Steve Hay <steve.hay@xx.xxxxx.xxx>, Gozer]

win32 needs PERL_SYS_INIT3/PERL_SYS_TERM calls [Steve Hay
<steve.hay@xx.xxxxx.xxx>]

Fix broken MP_STATIC_EXTS=3D1 build. [Gozer]

Perl -Duse64bit fix. Pointers can't just be generically
casted from/to IVs. Use PTR2IV/INT2PTR instead. [Gozer]

Perl -Duse64bit fix. apr_size_t pointers can't just be generically
casted from/to UVs. Use PTR2UV/INT2PTR instead. [Gozer]

fix a bug in Apache2::Build::dir: If the right directory isn't found in
the for loop $dir still contains a > value, so the ||=3D has no
effect. [Nick Wellnhofer <wellnhofer@xxxxx.xx>]