It does, but mod_perl is not built into Apache. IMO, you're much better off getting the latest Perl (5.8.6), mod_perl, and Apache and building from source. It took me a couple of hours last weekend to do and it runs better than the OS X version.
Cheers, John > From: Ted Zeng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:29:44 -0800 > To: Mike Lesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <macosx@perl.org> > Subject: Re: First CGI Setup > > I thought by default OS X has the cgi setup automatically. > I didn't have to do anything, just turned on the web server. > And put the perl script in the CGI-EXECUTABLES folder and it works. > > ted > > On Mar 9, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Mike Lesser wrote: > >> Hi all. I'm busy setting up to run (okay, play with) CGIs. So for, not >> so great. >> >> According to the Apache error logs, I'm connecting okay, but something >> seems to >> be off.i've been reading up on the config issues, and I've worked thru >> some of >> them, but frankly I'm out of my element, and concerned about munging >> up httpd.conf >> so badly I'll be sent away. >> >> The script.. >> #!/usr/bin/perl -w >> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; >> print "<h2>Hello, World!</h2>\n"; >> >> ...shows up in safari with the script text, but with "Hello World" in >> the header >> font style! >> >> !/usr/bin/perl -w print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print " >> >> Hello, World! >> \n"; >> >> These are (AFAIK) the relevant httpd parts. Note that I was following >> a tutorial >> on the O'reilly site, and one here >> <http://www.cgi101.com/learn/connect/mac.html> >> and made the most progress with using my own home directory (as >> opposed to >> /Lib/./CGI-Exe). (I'm not sure what makes the most sense, just for >> at-home development. I'd imagine the more real-world setup is better) >> >> <Directory /Users/mike/Sites> >> AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit >> Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Includes ExecCGI >> DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi >> <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND> >> Order allow,deny >> Allow from all >> </Limit> >> <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND> >> Order deny,allow >> Deny from all >> </LimitExcept> >> </Directory> >> >> and... >> >> # To use CGI scripts: >> # >> #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi >> >> # >> # To use server-parsed HTML files >> # >> #AddType text/html .shtml >> #AddHandler server-parsed .html >> >> The log says this (which to my eyes looks better than what I've seen >> before >> >> [Wed Mar 9 16:51:37 2005] [notice] Apache/1.3.33 (Darwin) PHP/4.3.2 >> configured -- resuming normal operations >> [Wed Mar 9 16:51:37 2005] [notice] Accept mutex: flock (Default: >> flock) >> >> Yikes! This is long! >> >> Mike >> >
