I came across the same problem while trying to install a bunch of XML modules via the CPAN module. It was pretty frustrating when the module installations kept dying when it got to expat, even after a installed the expat port time and time again. I think I solved the problem similarly to the way you did, either that or I just decided I didn't need the XML modules installed.
Mike -----Original Message----- From: Bill O'Hanlon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FreeBSD Apache/mod_perl/OpenSRS/expat problem + solution Hi folks, I just ran down a problem that was somewhat hard to find, and I didn't see any mention of anything like it in the archives anywhere. I thought it might be helpful to mention the details in case someone else is ever in the same situation. I'm running FreeBSD 4.5, with perl 5.6.1 and Apache 1.3.24. I had a working installation of the regular OpenSRS perl code via cgi-bin, but I thought I'd get it running under Apache::Registry in mod_perl. To my surprise, the Apache daemons would dump core whenever I tried to log in with manage.cgi. It turns out that the current FreeBSD port of Apache uses it's own internal version of "expat", which is an XML library of some kind. This internal version doesn't connect up well with the version that XML::Parser is expecting to find. Turning this off in the Apache build fixed the problem, and the OpenSRS code runs very nicely under mod_perl now. At this point, I don't understand what functionality I've lost by not having the expat code built into the Apache binary. The configure option to leave out expat is "--disable-rule=EXPAT". In the FreeBSD port, that's easily added to the CONFIGURE_ARGS variable in the Makefile. I don't know if this applies to any other platform. My guess is that it could, since I think the default for Apache is to use the internal version of expat. Hope this helps someone! -Bill -- Bill O'Hanlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professional Network Services, Inc. 612-379-3958 http://www.pro-ns.net
