In (about) RH8, the default Apache installation was switched to Apache 2.x. This seems to be a reasonable decision as Apache 2.x is generally very stable. Unfortunately it also meant that the version of mod_perl included had to be changed to 1.9x and that version of mod_perl isn't quite ready for serious use yet. It's fine for most uses. If you just want to make your CGI programs run faster by running them under Apache::Registry (now renamed ModPerl::Registry) then there are no problems with it. But if you want to write (or use) more complex mod_perl handlers like, for example, Apache::MVC then you're a bit stuck as many of them don't work under that version of mod_perl yet. So it seems that for serious Apache/mod_perl development work, you should still be using the Apache 1.3x and mod_perl 1.2x branches. But I can't find recent RPMs of these versions. The mod_perl that shipped with RH7.3 will have been build against Perl 5.6.x and therefore won't work with the Perl 5.8.1 that is in Fedora. Has anyone else run up against these problems or (even better) solved them? Is there a modern RPM of the older Apache/mod_perl stuff around anywhere? Would there be any interest in creating one? Dave... -- New .sigs Running in please parse
