On our Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, after installing mod_perl (simply out-of-the-box with apt-get), CGI.pm installs:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.22/FCGI.pm /usr/share/perl5/CGI.pm We have 20+ Ubuntu LTS instances running on Google Cloud Platform, 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04, on all mod_perl and CGI.pm run fine. Only non-issue – and only on stopping/restarting service apache2 – are lines like these in the apache2 error.log: [Sun Sep 11 08:31:00.430150 2016] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 15239] AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down [ error] oh jeez, server dumped core [ error] oh crap, server dumped core Regards, Eric On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Michael Bochkaryov <mi...@rattler.kiev.ua> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Igor Chudov <ichu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I can, and will of course, install CGI myself as all my sites use it and >> I have 84,000 lines written using it. >> My concern is that it will break at some point going forward if it is not >> maintained. >> > > Out of curiosity, why do you think that it's not maintained ? > It's just excluded from perl distribution and it's ok as it doesn't > support modern stuff like HTML 5, AJAX, HTTP/2, etc. > > >> I try to use CGI.pm in ways that are not questionable, such as using it >> in object oriented manner without importing its functions into my main >> namespace. >> >> Going forward, I think, I should get the message and switch to something >> new that will be maintained -- but to what? >> > > If you don't plan to re-design your websites I'd recommend keep CGI.pm. > It's maintained, just not part of perl itself now ( DBI.pm isn't as well > and what?). > Just consider CGI as one of CPAN modules (as well as alternatives you can > find). > > -- > Regards, > Misha > > >
