Re: No $r = no mod_perl?

On 7/10/2011 6:08 AM, Tosh Cooey wrote:
> So I'm following your advice and going the easy route of apt-get
> everything.
>
> My original server had this config:
> Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.0 Server
>
> And two years later we're at:
> Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 Server
>
> Is that really the state of two years of progress in apt-get packages,
> or did I choose the wrong repository?
>
> And so after copying over configs and startups I'm getting this error:
>
> Can't call method "auth_name" on an undefined value at
> /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Apache2/AuthCookieDBI.pm line 284.
>
> Which is: my $auth_name = $r->auth_name;
>
> So the fact that $r is undefined tells me that whatever is running is
> NOT running under mod_perl, is this a valid assessment?
>
> Because right now I will have to get into a fight with my sys-admin who
> will say it's not working because I didn't configure something
> correctly, but my position is if he apt-gets everything and then copies
> over the config/startup from the old (working) install then everything
> *should* work so he's probably left out something.

This does sounds like something in the config didn't get copied over.  I 
believe your stuff runs as registry/perlrun scripts, so that would be 
the configuration that's missing.

Adam