gozer at ectoplasm
Oct 22, 2004, 3:06 PM
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Philippe M. Chiasson wrote:
> mod_perl 1.99_17 is out:
> http://apache.org/dist/perl/mod_perl-1.99_17.tar.gz
> <http://apache.org/dist/perl/mod_perl-1.99_16.tar.gz>
> http://apache.org/dist/perl/mod_perl-1.99_17.tar.gz.asc (gpg sig)
> <http://apache.org/dist/perl/mod_perl-1.99_16.tar.gz.asc>
Seems my email client insisted on breaking URLs, so I am re-announcing
in 2 seconds.
> CPAN:
>
> file: $CPAN/authors/id/G/GO/GOZER/mod_perl-1.99_17.tar.gz
> size: 1368804 bytes
> md5: ffb9d5c825b93d91e6c3a8885f7d5296
>
> Changes since 1.99_16:
>
> Implement Apache->unescape_url_info in Apache::compat and drop it
> from the official API for CGI::Util::unescape() as a suggested
> replacement [Gozer]
>
> fix xs_generate to croak on duplicate entries in xs/maps files
> [Christian Krause <chkr plauener.de>]
>
> Workaround a possible bug in Perl_load_module() [Gozer]
>
> Fix a problem building with non-GNU make (can't make target dynamic
> in xs/APR/aprext) [Gozer]
>
> escape HTML in dumped variables by Apache::Status [Markus Wichitill
> <mawic [at] gmx>]
>
> $r->document_root can now be changed when safe to do so [Gozer]
>
> APR::Bucket->new now requires an APR::BucketAlloc as its first argument.
> New subs added: APR::Bucket::setaside, APR::Bucket::alloc_create,
> APR::Bucket::alloc_destroy, APR::Brigade::bucket_alloc. [joes]
>
> reimplement APR::Pool life-scope handling, (the previous
> implementation had problems) [joes]
>
> make sure that Apache::Filter::read, APR::Socket::recv,
> Apache::RequestIO::read, APR::Brigade::flatten, and APR::Bucket::read
> all return tainted data under -T [Stas]
>
> tag the custom pools created by mod_perl for easier pools debug [Joe
> Orton]
>
> fix a bug in non-ithreaded-perl implementation where the cached
> compiled CODE refs of httpd.conf-inlined one-liner handlers like:
> PerlFixupHandler 'sub { use Apache::Const qw(DECLINED); DECLINED }'
> didn't have the reference count right. [Stas]
>
> per-server PerlSetEnv and PerlPassEnv values are properly added
> to %ENV when only a per-directory handler is configured.
> [Geoffrey Young]
>
> resolve several 'Use of uninitialized value in...' warnings in
> Apache::Status [Stas].
>
> make install and static build now correctly installs mod_perl as
> well as the statically built apache [Gozer]
>
> if some code changes the current interpreter's tainted state to on,
> the return value from the handler callback will be tainted, and we
> fail to deal with that. So revert to coercing any return value, but
> undef (a special case for exit()). to IV, so that tainted values are
> handled correctly as well. [Stas]
>
> make sure that each handler callback starts with a pristine
> tainted-ness state, so that previous callback calls won't affect the
> consequent ones. Without this change any handler triggering eval or
> another function call, that checks TAINT_PROPER, will crash mod_perl
> with: "Insecure dependency in eval while running setgid. Callback
> called exit." farewell message [Stas]
>
> make sure that 'make distclean' cleans all the autogenerated files
> [Stas]
>
> $r->log_reason has been ported and moved out of Apache::compat
> [Gozer]
>
> APR::OS::thread_current renamed APR::OS::current_thread_id and
> now returns the actual thread_id instead of an object that
> needed to be dereferenced to get at the thread_id [Gozer]
>
> change a bunch of the APR:: constants to have a better prefix
> (APR::FILETYPE_* and APR::FILEPROT_). libapr will be changed soon too
> [Stas]
>
> Generate modperl_exports.c for static builds to prevent the
> linker from stripping needed but unused symbols [Gozer]
>
> Add .libs/ as part of the library search path when building
> against httpd's source tree [Gozer]
>
> In the static build, run make in httpd's srclib/ early to have
> generated files present at mod_perl configure time [Gozer]
>
> When searching for ap(r|u)-config in httpd's source tree, search
> into srclib/apr-util as well as srclib/apr [Gozer]
>
> Remove APR::Finfo::pool as it has no use to us [Stas]
>
> get PerlSetVar and PerlAddVar multi-level merges to (finally) work
> properly. [Rici Lake <rici ricilake.net>]
>
> MP_AP_BUILD configure option removed. Now implicit when MP_USE_STATIC
> is specified [Gozer]
>
> Apache::Module $mod->version() and $mod->minor_version() renamed
> to $mod->ap_api_major_version() and $mod->ap_api_minor_version
> for clarity [Gozer]
>
> Apache::Log changes: [Stas]
> - moved to compat: Apache::warn, Apache->warn, Apache::Server->warn,
> Apache::Server::warn
> - re-enabled $r->warn
> - removed support for Apache::ServerRec->warn
> (Apache::ServerRec::warn is still there)
>
> Apache::Directive conftree() changed from class method to
> regular subroutine [Gozer]
>
> Apache::Module top_module() and get_config() as class methods
> added to Apache::compat for backwards compatibility [Gozer]
>
> Apache::Module top_module() and get_config() changed from class
> methods to regular subroutines [Gozer]
>
> Added Apache::CmdParms::add_config() to work around a memory
> leak discovered with <Perl> sections in .htaccess files [Gozer]
>
> Added ModPerl::Util::unload_package() to remove a loaded package
> as thoroughly as possible by clearing it's stash. [Gozer]
>
> fix Apache->request($r) to be set-able even w/: PerlOptions
> -GlobalRequest [Stas]
>
> Add Apache::Reload->unregister_module() to explicitely remove a
> module from Apache::Reload's monitoring list [Gozer]
>
> introduce a custom modperl error message for failing filter handlers
> (previously 'unknown error' coming from rc=500 was logged) [Stas]
>
> Fix Apache::Log methods/functions to log into the vhost's error_log
> file (if there is one). ( $s->log->*, $s->log_error, $s->log_serror,
> Apache::ServerRec::warn, etc.). Apache::ServerRec can now export its
> warn function to override CORE::warn [Stas]
>
> Fix $s->log->*, $s->log_error and $s->log_serror to again log into the
> vhost's error_log file (if there is one). [Stas]
>
> $s->log->warn and other $s->log->foo are now logging to the right
> vhost server and not the global one. modperl_sv2server_rec was
> broken. [Stas]
>
> Fix a glue_pod make target bug, when .pm file doesn't exist,
> e.g. ThreadMutex.pm is not created on unless
> $apr_config->{HAS_THREADS} [Stas]
>
> Introduce APR::Socket::poll to poll a non-blocking socket [Ken Simpson
> <ksimpson [at] larch>]
>
> Fix the error message when the minimal required httpd version is not
> satisfied [Pratik <pratiknaik [at] gmail>]
>
> Fix interactive prompting at perl Makefile.PL, when no APXS or
> MP_AP_PREFIX were provided. now asking for an alternative location if
> the suggested choices weren't selected. [Stas]
>
> Added APR::URI->rpath method. Returns the path of an uri minus
> path_info, if any. [Gozer]
>
> moved Apache::current_callback() to ModPerl::Util::current_callback
> where it belongs [Gozer]
>
> modperl_perl_module_loaded() fixed to use %INC to determine if a module
> is loaded instead of checking for the existence of a stash [Gozer]
>
> fix the modperl build, where httpd has been built against separate
> installations of apr-util and apr, where apr-util has been installed
> with a different includedir to apr. [Joe Orton]
>
> $Apache::Server::SaveConfig is now $Apache::PerlSections::Save
> [Geoffrey Young]
>
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