> The only configuration I know is > in /etc/httpd/conf.d/perl Yup, that looks like the one.
> ####put this here? I think it would go right above (or below) the "Alias" line. Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:12 PM To: Hanson, Rob Cc: 'Perl Newbies'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: building module/package my redhat 9 is configured canned w/apache and mod_perl. The only configuration I know is in /etc/httpd/conf.d/perl: Alias /mp /var/www/mp <Directory /var/www/mp> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry::handler PerlOptions +ParseHeaders Options +ExecCGI ####put this here? setenv PERL5LIB /path/to/lib </Directory> > Besides the advice given below, there are a few other things you can do... > > To add the location of the Perl script to the lib path you can use this. > The FindBin module finds your script, then sets $Bin to that location. > > use FindBin qw($Bin); > use lib $Bin; > > Another way to do it is to set the environment variable PERL5LIB to the > location of your home-grown modules. You can set this in the Apache > config > (or .htaccess file) with the setenv command (see Apache docs for more > info, > but I think it is "setenv PERL5LIB /path/to/lib"). > > You could also install it into the "site_perl" directory in your @INC > path, > but you should never put it in the "vendor_perl" directories. > > Of the above options I would recommend using the PERL5LIB env variable. > ...And I would also recommend that the libraries not be put in any > directory > accessable to the web server (unless you have no choice). > > Rob > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Staal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Perl Newbies > Subject: Re: building module/package > > > > > --On Monday, September 29, 2003 23:53 -0700 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -I've sent this to the mod_perl list but there seems to be no >> response. >> >> I got the module working in the current directory executing on the >> command line. But I have a problem calling a module in my mod_perl >> dir using apache on redhat 9. I have a mystuff.pm in the same >> directory as the calling perl program. I got it working running on >> the command line but in apache mod_perl, it can't find the module. > > Ok, I know nothing about mod_perl, but let's see what I can do. > First guess: mod_perl considers that 'the current directory' is > either itself or insecure. (Probably the latter: it is in this > context.) > >> Questions: >> - Where should the mystuff.pm be located in? >> - The only place i know about mod_perl configuration file is: >> /etc/httpd/conf.d/perl.conf. This contains the Alias and Directory >> directive. >> >> Error message: >> Can't locate mystuff.pm in @INC (@INC contains: >> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 >> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi >> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl >> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi >> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl >> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 .) > > Hmm. So it does seem to contain the current directory... (That > would be the '.' at the end.) Doesn't help much: We still don't know > *which* directory is the current directory. > > There are two or three things you could do here. First off, you > could put 'mystuff.pm' in one of the above directories. Don't really > recommend that, it confuses the user on what is written on your end > and what isn't, but it is possible. > > Secondly, you could see if there is a way to add to the @INC array in > mod_perl's config. I would assume so, but I have no clue... > > Third, you could add to @INC in your program file. The best way to > do this is to use the 'use lib' pragma. Syntax: 'use lib "$lib";' > where $lib is any perl expression that can be expanded into the > directory. (That means you can use variables, but only ones that > will have a value without running any of your program code...) Put > that in your program before you 'use' your module. > > To simplify: put 'use lib "/path/to/module";' before 'use module;' in > your main program and it should work. ;-) > >> Any help would be great. >> By the way, I just getting started with perl. >> -rkl > > Hey, I haven't even completed my first perl program yet. It just > happens that my first program is best written with three modules... > > Daniel T. Staal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will > expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, > whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of > local copyright law. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
