On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Fran Fabrizio wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've just installed a mod_perl enabled Apache and I am trying to configure
> it. I ran into the "can't call register_cleanup on an undefined value"
> while I was trying out the sample startup.pl file in the "Writing Apache
> Modules in Perl and C" book. I did see the note about this in the
> troubleshooting, but the fix didn't solve my problem.
CGI.pm 3.02 is an alpha version. I'm not sure about its interoperability
with mod_perl. Get the 2.x version to solve the problem asap.
> Here's my httpd.conf:
>
> ...
> Alias /perl/ /usr/local/apachemp/cgi-bin/
> PerlPostReadRequestHandler 'sub { Apache->request(shift) }'
> PerlModule Apache::Registry
> PerlFreshRestart On
> PerlRequire conf/startup.pl
>
> <Location /perl>
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlHandler Apache::Registry
> Options ExecCGI
> allow from all
> PerlSendHeader on
> </Location>
> <Location /hello/world>
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlHandler Apache::Hello
> </Location>
>
> And here is conf/startup.pl...
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/perl
>
> BEGIN {
> use Apache ();
> use lib Apache->server_root_relative('lib/perl');
> }
> use Apache::Registry();
> use Apache::Constants();
> use CGI::Carp ();
> use CGI qw(-compile :all);
> 1;
>
> It dies on the use CGI qw(-compile :all); line, with the message:
>
> [root@dungeon apachemp]# ./bin/apachectl configtest
> [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] [error] [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] startup.pl:
> [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] startup.pl: [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] CGI.pm:
> Can't call method "register_cleanup" on an undefined value at
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/CGI/Object.pm line 225.
> [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] startup.pl: [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001]
> startup.pl: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at conf/startup.pl line 14.
> [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] startup.pl: Compilation failed in require.
>
> Syntax error on line 995 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
> [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] startup.pl: [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001]
> startup.pl: [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] CGI.pm: Can't call method
> "register_cleanup" on an undefined value at
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/CGI/Object.pm line 225.
> [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] startup.pl: [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001]
> startup.pl: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at conf/startup.pl line 14.
> [Tue Jul 31 00:54:54 2001] startup.pl: Compilation failed in require.
>
> [root@dungeon apachemp]#
>
> I'm running the following versions of the software:
> Apache 1.3.20
> mod_perl 1.26
> CGI.pm 3.02
>
> I saw the note about it in the faq/troubleshooting section of the docs on
> perl.apache.org, but as you can see I made the suggested change (the
> PerlPostReadRequestHandler line in httpd) and I still get the error.
>
> Any ideas? I'm not doing anything fancy, these are all default installs of
> everything, just following the docs for installation and the book for the
> startup.pl. The server starts and runs fine if I remove the use CGI
> qw(-compile :all); line.
>
> Thanks,
> Fran
>
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