Package: apache-perl Version: 1.3.29.0.2-1 Severity: normal Followup-For: Bug #236882
I rebuilt the apache packages from the Debian source without the patch provided in bug report 226131, and it starts up fine. Looking at the code being patched, I have absolutely no idea why it would cause a segfault with the patch applied. However, I think the patch may just be incorrect. It's testing if if RETVAL is "SvOK", but _all_ SVs are SvOK, whether they are the Nullsv global, or a new SV created via newSV! The point of calling SvOK is to test if the variable in question is an SV* at all, not to test its value. The code is basically broken, because it needs to check to see if it the per-dir-config table contains the given key. If not, it should look at the server's table, I believe. Frankly, I think the original bug (re: dir_config) is _far_ less severe than a segfault, and should be backed out. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.24 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages apache-perl depends on: ii apache-common 1.3.29.0.2-1 Support files for all Apache webse ii debconf 1.4.13 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.10.18.1 Package maintenance system for Deb ii libapache-mod-perl 1.29.0.2-1 Integration of perl with the Apach ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-12 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [ ii libexpat1 1.95.6-8 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libmagic1 4.07-2 File type determination library us ii libpam0g 0.76-15 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libperl5.8 5.8.3-2 Shared Perl library. ii mime-support 3.26-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap -- debconf information: apache-perl/old-pidfile-set: * apache-perl/server-port: 80 * apache-perl/init: true * apache-perl/enable-suexec: false * apache-perl/document-root: "/var/www" * apache-perl/upgrade-from-apache-conflict: * apache-perl/server-name: localhost * apache-perl/server-admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]