A tip that may fix somebody else's problems. My system is RH 6.2 and I
installed Apache and mod_perl from RPM's (please no flames :)
Upon installing Apache::ASP I got the dreaded SCALAR error in my error log
when testing the site/eg directory:
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no valid request object (Apache=SCALAR(0x831a48c)) passed to ASP handler;
if you are getting
this error message, you likely have a broken DSO version of mod_perl
which often occurs when using RedHat RPMs. The fix here is to compile
statically the apache + mod_perl build. Please check FAQ or mod_perl
archives for more information.
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Looking at the default httpd.conf entries, the /perl directory handler is
missing a VERY important line: PerlSendHeader On
When I added this line, the examples worked perfectly!
Here is my mod_perl Location entry from httpd.conf:
Alias /perl/ /home/httpd/perl/
<Location /perl>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
PerlSendHeader On
Options +ExecCGI
</Location>
I am not sure how the FAQ gets updated, but this may be a worthwhile
update.
Tyler
