mod_perl

Changes for version 0.86

Port is a little more random for tests '8529'
applied patch from Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@BAWUE.DE> bringing CGI::XA up-to-date with CGI.pm 2.29
perl_destruct_level is set to 0 in mod_perl.c, while progress is being made on fixing perl_{con,des}truct in 5.003_12
if there is no httpd.conf, Makefile.PL creates one for you, filling in User and Group with uid and gid of the current process
updated Makefile.tmpl-1.2 with Makefile.tmpl from apache 1.2b2
if Makefile.PL finds apache version >= 1.2b3, instead of copying Makefile.tmpl to ../src/apache_x.x, it uses the new '-make Makefile.tmpl' option, made possible by Rob Hartill otherwise, same as before and it now tells you it's made a backup 'Makefile.tmpl.bak'
fixed 'make test', so you _really_ don't have to modify anything, hopefully
if libwww-perl is not installed, the tests that require it will not be run, and it will be suggested that you install the library, but who doesn't have libwww-perl installed???

fixed Makefile.PL bug spotted by Gary Shea <shea@XMISSION.COM>
applied XA.pm fix from Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@BAWUE.DE>
updated docs and examples here and there
'make test' improved, all uneeded directives and files stripped out, should be able to run with no modification, nothing by hand other than 'make test'
now make sure that CC we use to build httpd is the same as CC used to build Perl, thanks to Andreas
added 'make offsite-tar' target for build the perl-side on machines without apache source
fixed Makefile.tmpl* so people define EXTRA_FLAGS as suggested by Rob Hartill
a few minor fixes for Apache-SSL users

applied patch from Rob Hartill to fix bug in $r->cgi_env
%ENV is cleared after each callback (&Perl*Handler)
added $r->cgi_var as suggested by Andreas: calls $r->cgi_env($key) in a scalar context to prevent the mistake of calling in a list context.
if a Perl*Handler returns something > 600 we assume OK (for now)
bug fixed introduced in 0.85_03 for Perl*Handler's not prefixed with a Package:: causing httpd to sigsegv
ship with Makefile.tmpl-Ben-SSL for Apache-SSL users
Makefile.PL a little smarter -knows if we're configuring with Ben-SSL, uses Makefile.tmpl-Ben-SSL -after looking for 1.1.1 and 1.2*, globs for <apache*> not <apache_*> -instead of rm -rf'ing the modules/perl/ directory we're configuring against, we only rm -f those found in our MANIFEST
applied patch from Frank Cringle <fdc@CLIWE.PING.DE> to fix defaults in CGI::XA
got rid of stupid warning "missing test.pl"

cleaned up internal perl_setup_env()
Perl*Handler's default to calling Perl*Handler::handler if the Perl*Handler is just a class name, e.g. 'PerlHandler Apache::Registry' will call Apache::Registry::handler In addition, the class module will be loaded if it is not already, so there is no need to specify PerlModule
added Apache::Status module
$r->print now sets a hard_timeout() before sending to the client $r->read now sets a hard_timeout() before reading from the client
added $r->soft_timeout, $r->hard_timeout, $r->kill_timeout and $r->reset_timeout methods
top-level Makefile.PL looks further for apache_x.x/src/ prompts you if nothing found
applied fix from Andreas to s/privlib/privlibexp/ in src/modules/perl/Makefile
applied patch from Rob Hartill <robh@imdb.com> to correctly initialize cld->sendheader and cld->setup_env

Apache::DBIAuthen renamed Apache::AuthenDBI and split out from Apache::Authen
Apache::Authen->handler renamed Apache::Authen->check as it is not a handler, only used by handlers
added ToDo file
updated UserGuide, now called 'mod_perl.pod'
updated INSTALL and README docs
perl_init will only perl_alloc and perl_contstruct once when the server starts, meaning no more mad leaks when server is restarted
modified test suite adding extra tests for sfio and TIEHANDLE
unless Perl was configured to use perlio and sfio, STDOUT is tied by default to the client, no more need for tie *STDOUT => Apache::TieHandle
Makefile.PL now looks for ../apache_1.1.1/src/, apache_1.2*/src/ to configure against
Fixed Makefile.PL bug spotted by Frank Cringle <fdc@CLIWE.PING.DE>, when no apache source was present or chosen to configure against
'make clean' will now cd $(APACHE_SRC) && $(MAKE) clean
applied patch from Rob Hartill <robh@imdb.com> to bring us up-to-date with apache_1.2b0
$r->content now calls $r->read instead of $r->read_client_block
$r->read is no longer an alias for $r->read_client_block The new $r->read implementation is based on patches and ideas from Milan Votava <ms.anet.cz@MS.ANET.CZ>, Joonsuk Bae <bae@yahoo.com>, and Gisle

added 'tar_Apache' target for copying the perl-side of mod_perl to other machines without dragging the apache-side along.
'perl Makefile.PL' now Configures Apache to link mod_perl if ../apache_1.2-dev or ../apache_1.1.1 src/Configuration is found In addition, 'apache_httpd' is added to the 'make all' target
now include Makefile.tmpl-1.2
fix for 1.2's const requirement