Re: Apache::DBI 1.07+ causes seg faults

There was this recent thread which may be helpful - I didn't follow it
that closely:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/modperl/102636


On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Richard Chen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>        In order to make use of the ChildExitHandler introduced
> in Apache::DBI 1.09, we upgraded Apache::DBI from 1.06 to 1.10.
> But we immediately encounter seg faults errors for every request.
> The problem is traced back to the line 160 of Apache::DBI 1.10:
>
>            # We may not actually be in a request, but in <Perl> (or
>            # equivalent such as startup.pl), in which case this would die.
>            eval { $r = Apache2::RequestUtil->request };
>
>        In Apache::DBI 1.06 $r is not used but $s is used. And no such
> seg faults occur. Any one know what is the rational for this change?
> Why is $r preferable to $s? It seems that $s is much more reliable.
>
>        Also, there is no testing on eval status by checking $@ right
> after eval. As a module used by many, Apache::DBI should have checked
> such status. Once I introduce such a test, I see errors like
>
> Global $r object is not available. Set:
>        PerlOptions +GlobalRequest
> in httpd.conf at /u01/perlgem_www/server/site_perl_debug/Apache/DBI.pm
> line 160.
>
> But adding
>
>        PerlOptions +GlobalRequest
>
> in httpd.conf does not stop the seg faults from happening.
>
> Does anyone else counter similar issues and knows a work around?
>
> This is for
>
> Apache/2.2.13 (Unix) mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.8.8
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
>