The introduction of the new post_config_startup.pl script, which uses
Apache::SizeLimit, broke things on Win32 for me.
I couldn't even start the server up. The error log contained the output
of this die() from Apache::SizeLimit's BEGIN block:
die "you must install Win32::API for Apache::SizeLimit " .
"to work on your platform.";
since I didn't have Win32::API installed!
Why doesn't Makefile.pL check for such prerequisites?
I also found that Win32-API crashes with an access violation error in
its own test suite. The crash happens on API.xs line 595:
iReturn = ApiFunctionInteger();
The crash happens when I try to step into ApiFunctionInteger(), whatever
that is. Here's the call stack at that point:
XS_Win32__API_Call(cv * 0x019f16cc) line 595
Perl_pp_entersub() line 2890 + 12 bytes
Perl_runops_debug() line 1449 + 9 bytes
S_run_body(long 1) line 1937
perl_run(interpreter * 0x00232ce8) line 1853 + 9 bytes
RunPerl(int 3, char * * 0x00233bf8, char * * 0x00232f70) line 217 + 12 bytes
main(int 3, char * * 0x00233bf8, char * * 0x00232f70) line 18 + 18 bytes
PERL! mainCRTStartup + 227 bytes
KERNEL32! 77e814c7()
This is using perl-5.8.6. If I use perl-5.8.5 instead then it works
OK. I guess I'll have to chase this elsewhere. I installed it anyway
for now (in my 5.8.6 setup), but it doesn't seem ideal.
- Steve
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