Assuming i was upgrading a machine running RC4 to RC5, what is the easiest way to remove RC4 so RC5 will install?
make uninstall in the old build directory says it's depreciated (looking at the makefile), but offers no automated alternative? Will it do the job or do I really need to go through the perl lib directories and manually delete stuff? Adam -----Original Message----- From: Geoffrey Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:06 AM To: dev@perl.apache.org; modperl@perl.apache.org Subject: [RELEASE CANDIDATE] mod_perl 2.0-RC5 the mod_perl development team is pleased to announce that we have a new candidate for mod_perl 2.0, ready and waiting for testers. this release, mod_perl 1.999_22, is a _very_ significant release as it contains major API changes and is completely incompatible with any prior release of mod_perl 1.99. in other words, you will need to modify ALL of your old 2.0 code before it will be able to run with this latest release. fortunately, the changes required are minor, straightforward, and simple. *** YOU WILL NEED TO MODIFY ALL YOUR CODE AFTER UPGRADING *** so, before you dive into this release, please take the time to read this http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/rename.html as it explains the changes, the reasons behind them, and the migration path for your current codebase. the release tarball is available for download from here http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/rename.html did I mention to read the document at http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/rename.html ? :) once you've read it, please take a moment to download and test the tarball http://people.apache.org/~geoff/mod_perl-2.0.0-RC5.tar.gz and report back successes or failures. your help in testing is greatly appreciated --Geoff Changes since RC4: ******************** IMPORTANT ******************** this version of mod_perl is completely incompatible with prior versions of mod_perl, both 1.XX and 1.99_XX. Please read the below changes carefully. *************************************************** remove MP_INST_APACHE2 installation option and Apache2.pm - all mod_perl related files will now be installed so they are visible via standard @INC. also, refuse to install over mod_perl 2 versions less than 1.999_22. [Geoffrey Young] s/Apache::/Apache2::/g and s/mod_perl/mod_perl2/g in all module APIs. so, Apache::RequestRec is now Apache2::RequestRec, Apache::compat is now Apache2::compat, and so on. [joes] move all Apache:: constants to Apache2::Const and all APR:: constants to APR::Const. for example, Apache:OK is now Apache2::Const::OK and APR::SUCCESS is now APR::Const::SUCCESS. [Geoffrey Young] add $ENV{MOD_PERL_API_VERSION} as something that clearly distinguishes which mod_perl version is being used at request time. [Geoffrey Young] rename Apache->request() to Apache2::RequestUtil->request(), and Apache->server() to Apache2::ServerUtil->server() [Geoffrey Young] fix Apache2::Status which was bailing out on trying to load modules with dev versions like 2.121_02 [Stas] When parsing Makefile.PL MP_* options, handle correctly the MP_FOO=0 entries [Philip M. Gollucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] init the anonsub hash for base perl and each vhost +Parent (previously was init'ed only for the base perl) [Stas] fix a bug when a non-threaded perl is used and anonymous sub is pushed at the server startup (the CV wasn't surviving) [Stas] Make sure that CPAN shell doesn't triple over usage of $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION [Randy Kobes] Apache2::RequestRec->new now sets $r->request_time [Stas] remove CGI.pm and Apache::Request dependencies from Apache2::Status since they weren't used at all [Geoffrey Young] Fixes for Apache2::Reload's touchfile feature (return Apache2::Const::OK instead of 1) [Chris Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] cygwin fixes: [Nick *** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] - doesn't like XS wrapper starting with 'static' - need to compile everything with -DCYGWIN ModPerl::RegistryCooker API change: s/rewrite_shebang/shebang_to_perl/ the new API now returns the string to prepend before the rest of the script, instead of rewriting the content, which is both faster and doesn't mislead the perl debugger [Dominique Quatravaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Starting from ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.26 went back to pm_to_blib target from pm_to_blib.ts introduced in 6.22, so needed to fix the glue_pod target, so install will work correctly [Stas] Syntax errors in <Perl> sections were not correctly caught and reported. [Gozer] when building mp2 EU::MM looks into Apache-Test/MANIFEST and complains about the missing Apache-Test/META.yml (which is indeed not included in the modperl package due to the PAUSE problems of dealing with more than one META.yml. Solution: Exclude Apache-Test/MANIFEST from mod_perl distribution package. [Stas] ModPerl::Registry no longer checks for -x bit (we don't executed scripts anyway), and thus works on acl-based filesystems. Also replaced the -r check with a proper error handling when the file is read in. [Damon Buckwalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Apache2::RequestUtil::slurp_filename now throws an APR::Error exception object (before it was just croaking). [Stas] fix APR::Error's overload of '==' (it was always returning true before), and add the corresponding '!=' [Stas] if $r->document_root was modified, restore it at the end of request [joes] Apache2::ServerRec method which set the non-integer fields in the server_rec, now copy the value from the perl scalar, so if it changes or goes out of scope the C struct is not affected. Using internal perl variables to preserve the value, since using the server pool to allocate the memory will mean a memory leak [Stas] add the escape_url entry in the ModPerl::MethodLookup knowledgebase [Stas] Apache2::SubProcess::spawn_proc_prog now can be called in a void context, in which case all the communication std pipes will be closed [Stas] fix a bug in $r->document_root, which previously weren't copying the new string away [Stas] introduce a new build option MP_AP_DESTDIR to aid package builders direct the Apache-specific files to the right place. [Cory Omand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Fix bug in modperl_package_clear_stash() segfaulting when encountering declared but not yet defined subroutines. [Steve Hay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gozer] win32 needs PERL_SYS_INIT3/PERL_SYS_TERM calls [Steve Hay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Fix broken MP_STATIC_EXTS=1 build. [Gozer] Perl -Duse64bit fix. Pointers can't just be generically casted from/to IVs. Use PTR2IV/INT2PTR instead. [Gozer] Perl -Duse64bit fix. apr_size_t pointers can't just be generically casted from/to UVs. Use PTR2UV/INT2PTR instead. [Gozer] fix a bug in Apache2::Build::dir: If the right directory isn't found in the for loop $dir still contains a > value, so the ||= has no effect. [Nick Wellnhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
