Joshua Hoblitt wrote: > It seems that compat.pm isn't 'use strict' clean even thou it is > declaring this pragma. > > # Error: Bareword "Apache2::ServerUtil::server_root" not allowed > while "strict subs" in use at > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux/Apache2/compat.pm line 347, > <DATA> line 9. > > This error is caused by 'Apache2::ServerUtil::server_root' (note that > missing '()') and this repeated in several places through-out > compat.pm.
you are not the first to report this, but I guess we've let it slip until now. fixed in svn. thanks. > > Commenting out the 'use strict' at the top of compat.om reveals > another more serious error: > > # Error: Undefined subroutine > &Apache2::ServerUtil::restart_count called at > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux/Apache2/compat.pm line 76, > <DATA> line 9. > > Which I assume is supposed to be provided by ServerUtil.so except > that this symbol isn't defined in this lib. > > nm ./Apache2/ServerUtil/ServerUtil.so | grep restart 00001cf0 T > XS_Apache2__ServerUtil_restart_count U modperl_restart_count > > Any ideas as to what might have gone wrong in the build? that's strange. did all tests pass for you? we explicitly exercise this in several of the test scripts. keep in mind that lots of this stuff won't work if you just do something like $ perl -cw lib/Apache2/compat.pm you really need to call it from within a live, running mod_perl environment. if you are, please consider sending along a minimal test case that reproduces the issue. see http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ --Geoff
