The following reply was made to PR general/2647; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: general/2647: perl modules in httpd.conf prevent startup (fwd) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 19:03:29 -0700 (PDT) Sigh. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:31:32 -0700 From: johnny best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: general/2647: perl modules in httpd.conf prevent startup i appreciate your prompt response, and yes i am running mod_perl (1.12). i suppose i was taken in by all the hoopla about Apache/Perl integration and thought you might be of some help. it is after all your error message. if you can explain to me how i would "include" a module (any module) in the "server configuration" that might be of some help. i tried adding a PerlModule line to the srm.conf file but that didn't help. by the way we're not talking about any old random modules here, these are the Apache::ModuleName modules, and I can't get any of them to work in Apache 1.3.0. Marc Slemko wrote: > > On 20 Jul 1998, johnny best wrote: > > > >Environment: > > Redhat 5.0, Linux 2.0.32 > > >Description: > > All attempts to add lines to httpd.conf result in: > > > > Invalid command 'PerlModule', perhaps mis-spelled or defined > > by a module not included in the server configuration. > > Erm... well, do you have mod_perl as part of your server? > > > > > Same lines (e.g. PerlModule Apache::AuthenCache) work > > fine in Apache 1.2.5. What's going on here? I noticed > > PR #2347 (still open after a month and a half) was > > getting same message. > > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > > >Fix: > > How about some documentation somewhere about > > "server configuration" related to mod_perl. > > mod_perl is a third party module. We can not support third party modules, > nor should their documentation be included in the Apache distribution. > > The proper place to complain about third party modules not working is > whatever third party the module may be from...
