[OPEN-ILS-DEV] "use Apache2"

[Bill Erickson]

On 3/23/07, Harry Bochner <Harry.Bochner at biogenidec.com> wrote:
>
>
> Well, I've progressed to trying to get the web server configured ...
>
> I'm seeing a problem with perl modules.
>
> Several of the OpenILS modules say:
>
> > use Apache2 ();
>
> and OpenILS::WWW::AddedContent.pm says:
> > use lib qw(/usr/lib/perl5/Bundle/);
>
> with the apparent intent of making the "use Apache2" command find
> "Bundle/Apache2.pm".
>
> But that doesn't work for me because in my installation the relevant
> directory is
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Bundle rather
> than just /usr/lib/perl5/Bundle.
>
> So, OK, I could change the "use lib" line in AddedContent.pm. But why
> are we trying to load "Bundle/Apache2.pm"? In CPAN terminology, a
> Bundle is just a way to make it easy to download and install a bunch
> of related modules in one step. Bundle/Apache2.pm doesn't actually do
> anything, afaict, and that's compatible with the documentation! ;-)
>
> So it seems to me that the right solution is to get rid of the "use
> Apache2" lines. Some one probably thought that they were needed before
> "use Apache2::Log", "use Apache2::RequestUtil" could be executed. I
> suppose that's possible in theory, but the standard style calls for
> those modules to load anything they need themselves, not expecting the
> caller to have done it for them.
>
> But, of course, since I don't have a working system, I can't test
> whether things still work with this change ;-)
>
> --
> Harry



The "use Apache2();" lines have been removed from CVS HEAD and should not (I
believe) be a part of any of the Evergreen-1.1.* bundles.  The example "
startup.pl" file has also been updated to remove the "use lib
qw(/usr/lib/perl5/Bundle/)" statements.


This looks like an issue of documentation phase-shift.  For current Debian
instructions, see

http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=installing_apache2_and_mod_perl2_on_debian

If you're not using Debian, it should be trivial to apply the same basic
setup to any other system.

The (various) Apache docs on the wiki just need to be consolidated, at least
as far as configuration goes.

-bill


-- 
Bill Erickson
PINES Systems Developer
Georgia Public Library Service
billserickson at gmail.com
http://open-ils.org
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