I finally took the plunge and installed mp2 onto my FreeBSD virtual server. Here are a few updates to the install.pod which would have made the installation process a bit easier for me.
I'm not sure about the modification I made at line ~617. I installed a static mod_perl so presume that the server had to be rebuilt. When I first read the recipe, it didn't make much sense that I would install Apache then build mod_perl. The line I added helps clear it up. Does the server also get rebuilt if compiling a dynamic mod_perl? Thanks, William -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com
--- install.pod.orig 2005-02-13 09:18:58.000000000 -0500 +++ install.pod 2005-02-14 00:17:24.000000000 -0500 @@ -289,7 +289,11 @@ % cd modperl-1.99_xx % perl Makefile.PL <options> -where I<options> is an optional list of (key,value) pairs. +where I<options> is an optional list of (key,value) pairs. These options can +include all the usual options supported by ExtUtils::MakeMaker (e.g., PREFIX, +LIB, etc.). This is particuarly useful when installing the Apache::* libraries +to non-standard locations such as when doing non-root or virtual server +installations. The following sections give the details about all the available options, but let's mention first an important one. @@ -616,7 +620,8 @@ =head2 Installing mod_perl -Once the test suite has passed, it's a time to install mod_perl. +Once the test suite has passed, it's a time to install mod_perl. This step +will rebuild the Apache server. % make install @@ -634,6 +639,18 @@ installation process from scratch, while verifying all the steps with this document. +=over + +=item * +make test exists with "Error code 1" before any tests begin + +Be sure that you are not trying to run the tests as root. Log in as a regular +user and be sure that user has rwx privileges to the files in the source +directory. + + +=back + If the problem persists L<report the problem|docs::2.0::user::help::help/Reporting_Problems>.
