randy at theoryx5
Apr 25, 2001, 10:15 PM
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug MacEachern" <dougm [at] covalent>
To: "Randy Kobes" <randy [at] theoryx5>
Cc: <dev [at] perl>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: win32 and apache_1.3.19
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Randy Kobes wrote:
>
> > This patch also includes the t/TEST.win32 patch sent
> > earlier to account for the fact that apache_1.3.19 on Win32
> > sets the relative server root to the path to the apache binary,
> > so that $Apache::Server::CWD in t/docs/startup.pl and t/docs/rl.pl
> > points to the path of the apache binary, rather than the mod_perl
> > build directory, and subsequently the tests get confused
> > since @INC doesn't contain the mod_perl build directory.
>
> did you see my reply to your original message (included below) ?
> thanks as always randy!
[ ... ]
Hi,
No, I didn't get that - we may have been having some local
network glitches around that time ....
> On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Randy Kobes wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > One of the changes in apache_1.3.19 for Win32 is that the
> > relative ServerRoot was changed to root to the path
> > of the apache binary. This has the effect of setting
> > $Apache::Server::CWD in t/docs/startup.pl and t/docs/rl.pl
> > to the path of the apache binary, rather than the mod_perl
> > build directory, and subsequently the tests can't be run
> > since @INC doesn't contain the mod_perl build directory.
> > The following patch against mod_perl-1.25, tested on
> > apache_1.3.19 and perl-5.6.1, fixes this by simply
> > substituting the mod_perl build directory for
> > $Apache::Server::CWD in these two files.
>
> i'd rather not iedit those files. will something like the patch below
> solve the problem? thanks randy.
>
> Index: Makefile.PL
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl/Makefile.PL,v
> retrieving revision 1.179
> diff -u -r1.179 Makefile.PL
> --- Makefile.PL 2001/04/17 21:38:52 1.179
> +++ Makefile.PL 2001/04/17 22:20:02
> @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
> $Apache::MyConfig::Setup{Apache_Src} ;
>
> my $PWD = cwd;
> +$ENV{APACHE_CWD} = $PWD;
> $ENV{PERL5LIB} = "$PWD/lib";
[ ... ]
This turned out to be an interesting problem ....
Basically $ENV{APACHE_CWD}, set within
Makefile.PL, or even in t/TEST.win32, doesn't
survive the trip to t/docs/startup.pl. I checked
the bug database at ActiveState, and apparently
it's a problem with Win32::Process - it does
inherit environment variables from the console
window from which the script is run, but doesn't
see changes in %ENV made within that
script (this did work in ActivePerl 5xx). A fix
is being worked on ....
In the meantime, I tried a couple of workarounds,
but these weren't very satisfactory. One could
put an environment variable temporarily in the
Registry, but this seems overkill. Alternatively,
apparently there's a program called
WINSET which can set console environment
variables in a system() call, but WINSET isn't
installed in a stock Win32. Another option
is to write a batch file which sets APACHE_CWD
and then starts apache, and then execute this
batch file with Win32::Process - this works,
but again seems like overkill. I'll think
about this some more ....
best regards,
randy
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