Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/08/06/03:58:38
Harald Joerg wrote:
> Gerrit P. Haase writes:
>
>
>>Harald Joerg wrote:
>>
>>
>>> We already know that - for archeological reasons - mod_perl's DSO
>>> library happens to have the same file name as perl's, eh? Here's
>>> a place where this *really* bit me.
>>
>>Oh yeah, I cannot believe that they don't change the name. If someone
>>has a nice workaround to add to perlld to handle this issue with
>>mod_perl, feel free to contact me.
>
>
> How about being a bit more "positive" when checking for perl? The
> following patch tests whether the dll being built contains an object
> called 'perl.o' (would we have to check $(OBJ_EXT)? I hope not -
> perlld is cygwin and cygwin has '.o'):
>
> --- /usr/bin/perlld.orig 2005-08-05 11:06:27.041388400 +0200
> +++ /usr/bin/perlld 2005-08-05 11:07:23.288868400 +0200
> @@ -49,5 +49,5 @@
> my $v_e_r_s = substr("5.8.7",0,-2);
> $v_e_r_s =~ tr/./_/;
> - if ( $dllname =~ /libperl.*/) {
> + if ( $dllname =~ /libperl.*/ && $args =~ /\bperl\.o\b/) {
> $dllname ="cygperl$v_e_r_s.dll";
> } else {
>
> I admit that I have not yet rebuilt perl with this perlld -
> but mod_perl now takes the perlld step without being renamed.
This idea is good! I'll try s.th. along these lines.
> P.S.: In the meantime I managed to compile mod_auth_kerb as well,
> linking against /usr/bin/libhttpd as you recommended. So my mod_perl
> deviation had its merits :-)
>
> P.P.S.: In my "success story" about mod_perl I forgot to mention that
> I had to run rebaseall to get the server running.
Try to use --enable-auto-image-base for linking, this should minimize
the need for rebasing.
> P.P.P.S.: Ah, yes, and I had to re-install emacs because it got stuck
> in an endless loop immediately after starting (consuming 100% CPU)
> after the rebaseall.
I try to avoid using rebase and I don't use emacs, but I think if it is
a generic problem with emacs it is probably well known, maybe the
archives contain some discussion about this issue.
Gerrit
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