Package Details: mod_perl 2.0.12-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/mod_perl.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: mod_perl
Description: Apache module that embeds the Perl interpreter within the server
Upstream URL: http://perl.apache.org/
Licenses: Apache
Submitter: anatolik
Maintainer: mattsday
Last Packager: mattsday
Votes: 9
Popularity: 0.32
First Submitted: 2015-06-28 15:38 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2022-01-30 19:41 (UTC)

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mattsday commented on 2024-01-28 10:21 (UTC)

I no longer use Arch Linux and mod perl. If someone wishes to take over maintenance please let me know. I will not be updating this package

mattsday commented on 2021-11-27 16:17 (UTC) (edited on 2021-11-27 16:18 (UTC) by mattsday)

The self-tests can be fragile; it spins up a test server on TCP port 48251 - check if that port is not in use. If it is, change APACHE_TEST_PORT=48251 to another unused port.

If you have problems with tests failing, check the upstream bugs and report here if there's an obvious fix. Previous releases of this package disabled testing altogether. You can do that by commenting out this line:

APACHE_TEST_PORT=48251 APACHE_TEST_PRETEND_NO_LWP=1 make test

However, be careful in doing so - it's better to fix the tests and run without them!

mattsday commented on 2021-11-27 16:15 (UTC)

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mattsday commented on 2021-05-29 07:23 (UTC)

Updated to include the patch mentioned by @twheel to avoid build failures, hopefully upstream will release a new version soon to remove this requirement.

twheel commented on 2021-05-28 16:04 (UTC)

Hacked a temporary fix by downloading the fixed file from https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/perl/modperl/trunk/src/modules/perl/modperl_perl.c?view=markup&pathrev=1889014 and using it in PKGBUILD

twheel commented on 2021-05-28 15:38 (UTC)

Trying to install this with perl 5.34.0 and getting this error:

modperl_perl.c: In function ‘modperl_hash_seed_set’:
modperl_perl.c:271:16: error: lvalue required as unary ‘&’ operand
  271 |         memcpy(&PL_hash_seed, &MP_init_hash_seed,
      |                ^
make[1]: *** [Makefile:114: modperl_perl.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/swuser/.cache/yay/mod_perl/src/mod_perl-2.0.11/src/modules/perl'
make: *** [Makefile:450: modperl_lib] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

mattsday commented on 2020-10-06 17:16 (UTC)

I won't have time to look at this again this week I think, but running a local test I'm convinced this will help many people who's tests are failing - so pushing to rel 4.

If it doesn't work, commenting out this line from the PKGBUILD: APACHE_TEST_PRETEND_NO_LWP=1 make test should.

mattsday commented on 2020-10-06 16:37 (UTC)

Sorry for taking so long @woodape to look.

The incriminating line seems to be here:

waiting 180 seconds for server to start: .[Sun Sep 27 05:51:36.715829 2020] [core:trace3] [pid 190080] core.c(3361): Setting LogLevel for all modules to trace8
[  error] port 8529 is in use, cannot determine server pid to shutdown
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Please file a bug report: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
make: *** [Makefile:1075: run_tests] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Do you run a service that's already bound to port 8529, this would certainly create a failure scenario. I'm thinking pushing a change that runs the tests on a higher port that's less likely to be used will make it more likely to be successful for folk - perhaps 48251.

Can you try this:

APACHE_TEST_PORT=48251 APACHE_TEST_PRETEND_NO_LWP=1 make test

If it's successful for you, I'll do a new pkg release with that change.

woodape commented on 2020-09-27 03:57 (UTC)

@mattsday, sorry for the delay. Here is a pastebin of a build I just tried. You can see the errors at the bottom. Any ideas?

https://pastebin.com/NmmJDGxS

mattsday commented on 2020-09-24 16:02 (UTC)

@woodape yes I am able to successfully build with the tests running.

If your output is the same as @nobicycle then I'd love to see the full build & failure log - as it appears (at a glance) that make test is returning non-zero but stating all's OK. There may be an error further up causing this.

The tests are also very flaky which I consider to be an upstream issue, but that's another matter.

woodape commented on 2020-09-24 11:11 (UTC)

Thanks very much @mattsday for taking over this package.

I'm still having no luck building the latest version 2.0.11-3. If I remove the line you suggest in a previous comment, APACHE_TEST_PRETEND_NO_LWP=1 make test it builds fine. Are you able to build with this line included?

mattsday commented on 2020-09-16 08:27 (UTC)

Updated the package to rel-3 which works around some upstream issues with the built-in tests, causing them to fail. These have been reported and hopefully will be fixed in a future mod_perl release.

nobicycle commented on 2020-08-24 05:30 (UTC)

@mattsday Thank you. That allowed successful compile.