Thanks to all for the helpful suggestions.
Gunther Birzniek from the list suggested a solution that I've
now tried and it works perfectly:
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I assume you are running with Apache:Registry?
You could also save off the $ENV{PATH}...
Go to the line that reads:
eval { &{$cv}($r, @_) } if $r->seqno;
And before it have something like
$ENV{OLD_PATH} = $ENV{PATH}
and after it
$ENV{PATH} = $ENV{OLD_PATH}
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This was certainly a weird bug ( I think it was a bug ).
Even setting PerlSetEnv in httpd.conf didn't help.
The PATH would be properly set until the first time a mod_perl
script modified its PATH at which point all other
scripts including mod_cgi scripts would 'inherit' this
new PATH.
The reason the mod_perl script modifying its path was to appease
the perl taint checking and help ensure a more secure environment.
I could be totally mistaken in doing this and for some strange
reason mod_perl scripts in my install seem to run with taint checking
on by default.
Thanks again to all those who responded with very
helpful suggestions,
-Ben
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