Hi Charlie, On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Charlie Smith wrote:
> Thanks for your quick response. I was informed that we were not running mod > Perl, but at the same time the env hash indicated we were, Read the Guide, it has a section specifically addressing this issue. > So, I'll try and clarify my question. We would like to take advantage of > caching with PERL, and make use of the DBI packages as well. It would seem > that there is duplicity that needs to be resolved here. The env hash for apache > indicates we're running Perl ver 5.00503. I installed ver 5.8 to get the DBI > stuff working. That probably wasn't necessary unless there's a 5.8 dependency in the particular modules you're using - I still routinely use DBI with Perl 5.00503 and MySQL in live servers. > The mod_perl is part of the apache configuration that was there > when I came on board. It would seem to me that we need to upgrade the > apache/Perl relationship so that the env hash and programs recognize Perl 5.8. > > Question: Do I need to recompile anything, You need to recompile mod_perl if you want to use 5.8 with your mod_perl scripts. It's explained in the Guide and it's a lot easier than it looks at first. > I've got some other apps that use CGI and HTTP modules associated with perl > 5.00503. They don't appear to work with PERL 5.8 as configured on my machine. > I'd like to get these working with PERL 5.8 as well. Then I guess you're going to have to do some recoding... > Another related question: Just to understand part of your response. Looks like > I'm already ok with current versions of apache and mod_perl at 1.3.19 and 1.25? I don't think I quite said that. You should upgrade to the latest stable Apache and mod_perl for several reasons, security and bug fixes being two of them. My recommendation would be that you always compile your own Apache and mod_perl from the sources whenever you can. > How are things in grand old England? Snowing (but then I'm not going to stay here for very long... :) 73, Ged.
