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Build Your Own Mac OS X Apache/mod_perl Server

Posted by pudge on from the apachesezwut dept.

Kathryn writes "An article by David Wheleer on O'Reilly's MacDev Center, Build Your Own Apache Server with mod_perl, covers issues to consider as you begin working with Apple's Apache install -- key information for any serious mod_perl-based Web development work on Mac OS X."

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  1. How many people does this apply to? by L.+VeGas · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oh, all right. Some people might actually do this, but it reminds me of that old saying about how every problem looks like a nail when all you have is a hammer.

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  2. Re:mod_perl DSO unstable? by ChrisDolan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't know about stability, but here's an anecdote of how mod_perl as dylib hurt me: I upgraded to 5.6.1 shortly after getting 10.1.4 (IIRC) and took all of the cinfigure defaults. This overwrote the 5.6.0 libperl.dylib with the 5.6.1 version. Boom! No more mod_perl, since mod_perl.c is linked pretty closely with a particular version of Perl. It took a LOT of careful cp'ing off the install disk to recover.

    This is mostly the fault of Apple's braindead perl install which neglects to include a "5.6.0" component to the perl tree. When I went to 5.8.0, I used "prefix=/perl" and left Apple's 5.6.0 (and mod_perl) untouched, except for replacing /usr/bin/perl.

    [disclaimer: I haven't read the article yet]