Re: svn commit: r1717474 - in /perl/modperl/trunk: Changes src/modules/perl/mod_perl.c src/modules/perl/modperl_env.c src/modules/perl/modperl_env.h src/modules/perl/modperl_perl.c t/response/TestModperl/env.pm

Am 04.01.2017 um 14:54 schrieb Steve Hay:
> On 4 January 2017 at 13:27, Rainer Jung <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> this commit broke compatibility for mod_perl 2.0.10 with perl before version
>> 5.14. AFAIK API function mg_free_type() used here was only introduced in
>> 5.14.0. Since the above commit was titled "Add support for Perl 5.22.x.", it
>> might be possible to fix this using a version dependent code path. But I
>> don't know enough about these internals to suggest an appropriate patch,
>> sorry.
>>
>
> Thanks for the report.
>
> Are you in a position to try the attached patch, which I think should
> be sufficient to fix it? (mg_free() removes magic of all types, but I
> wouldn't expect any magic other than the type targetted by the
> mg_free_type() call to be present anyway.)
>
> If not then I'll build a 5.14 and try it myself, but I don't have one
> to hand at the moment.

Wow, thanks for the quick patch suggestion. Yes I can test, e.g. using 
perl 5.10.1 on RHEL6. Any specific test scenario, that you would suggest 
so that the code path in question is triggered?

Regards,

Rainer