For what it is worth, we use a DSO mod_perl/apache that we compiled ourselves, on RedHat thought, that is very stable and does not have noticeable memory leaks and have been using it for over 3 years. Just thought I would throw that out there.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Keith G. Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 2:02 PM > To: mod_perl Mailing List > Subject: Re: Memory leak on reload when the 'Pg' driver is preloaded > > > Ged Haywood wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > > > > >>do you mean that the problems with the loadable module overall are > >>so well-known that no one in his right mind should ever use it? > > > > > > It's not as bad as that. Significant improvements have been made in > > the reliability of mod_perl as DSO and nowadays there is much less > > discussion about it on this list. > > Are you sure it's not because 'most everyone has silently > given up on it? > > > There are still one or two dusty > > corners but in general thesedays I'd say try it. > > I had not expected Debian stable to be one of the dusty > corners. But I > did find, upon investigating the bug reports, that there were > *very* old > reports about memory leaks, etc., with libapache-mod-perl. > > My own bug report is now 47 days old, without apparent followup. > > > If it doesn't seem > > to give you problems then stay with it. > > > > If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then give up. > > Actually, that is what I have done already, several months > ago. Seeing > several reports of memory leak problems in the list made me think: > "Hmmm, wonder if someone else has seen this?" > > > >
