> Unfortunately I can't actually get mod_perl + a load of other stuff to
> build on 5.005_63, so I can't see if it cures the mod_perl problem.
you need modperl from cvs to use 5.005_62+
http://perl.apache.org/from-cvs/
> Could a DynaLoader guru have a quick look at the patch and let me know
> if it is complete garbage?
>
> I have backported the patch to 5.005_03, and it appears that mod_perl
> doesn't actually destroy the perl interpreter correctly when Apache does
> a restart.
this wasn't a mistake at the time. there was no Apache dso and
perl_destruct() was buggy, so mod_perl chose to only boot the interpreter
once at startup and restarts became a noop for mod_perl, with the
exception of "PerlFreshRestart", which just reloads %INC and flushes the
Apache::Registry cache.
I plan to revisit that along with the patches sometime within the next few
days.
