I got this error and spent a bit of time trying to figure it out. The reason I was getting it was that I had started with a RedHat 7.2 system which comes with Perl 5.6.0 and upgraded to 5.6.1 using RH 7.3 RPMS. I then compiled mod_perl against 5.6.1. Each time I started up I got the absurdfork error. I found 5.6.1 RPMS for RH 7.2 and everything worked fine.
--eric Jeremy Weatherford wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to build a minimal Apache+mod_perl, sort of a 'Perl-Server', as > mentioned in the mod_perl guide. > > Here's the end result: > > [root@omics root]# cd /usr/local/apache-perl/bin > [root@omics bin]# ./httpd > () gets absurdforkSegmentation fault > [root@omics bin]# > > I'll start trying to debug this, but I'm not too confident in my ability > to gather any more useful information, so I thought I'd ask if anybody has > seen this before. I can't find any references to this message on the web > (always scary), but maybe someone knows what's going on here. > > My configuration so far: > > perl-5.6.1-34.99.6 RPM from RedHat 7.2 > > # perl -V > Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 1) configuration: > Platform: > osname=linux, osvers=2.4.17-0.13smp, archname=i386-linux > uname='linux daffy.perf.redhat.com 2.4.17-0.13smp #1 smp fri feb 1 10:30:48 est >2002 i686 unknown ' > config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red >Hat, Inc. -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux >-Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Uusethreads -Uuseithreads -Uuselargefiles >-Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Di_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog >-Dman3ext=3pm' > hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define > usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef > useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef usesocks=undef > use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef > Compiler: > cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include', > optimize='-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686', > cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include' > ccversion='', gccversion='2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-109)', >gccosandvers='' > intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 > d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 > ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=4 > alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define > Linker and Libraries: > ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib' > libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib > libs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil > perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil > libc=/lib/libc-2.2.5.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a > Dynamic Linking: > dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic' > cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib' > > > Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): > Compile-time options: > Built under linux > Compiled at Apr 1 2002 12:23:22 > @INC: > /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux > /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1 > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl > . > > apache-1.3.24, mod_perl-1.27 > cd /usr/src/mod_perl-1.27 > perl Makefile.PL \ > APACHE_SRC=../apache-perl-1.3.24/src \ > NO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 PREP_HTTPD=1 \ > EVERYTHING=1 > make && make install && cd ../apache-perl-1.3.24 > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache-perl \ > --disable-module=autoindex \ > --disable-module=imap \ > --disable-module=include \ > --disable-module=log_config \ > --disable-module=alias \ > --disable-module=auth \ > --disable-module=cgi \ > --disable-module=env \ > --disable-module=userdir \ > --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a > make && make install > src/httpd -l > http_core.c mod_mime.c mod_negotiation.c mod_status.c mod_dir.c > mod_asis.c mod_actions.c mod_access.c mod_setenvif.c mod_perl.c > > Any help would be appreciated... > > Thanks, > Jeremy Weatherford > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://xidus.net >
