Re: mod_perl and RedHat 6

> t/api/server_const.t                  (Wstat: 0 Tests: 6 Failed: 2)

> I'm not sure how serious this failure is and whether I should consider

The RedHat Apache uses a custom server signature so there is a bit of
a mismatch on that test. Nothing to worry about, you can install and
it will work fine.


On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Dan Axtell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to migrate a server to a new machine running 64-bit RedHat 6.  The
> stock RedHat setup is apache 2.2.15, php 5.3.3 and perl 5.10.1.  Normally I
> build the latest Apache 2.2 and Perl/mod_perl in /usr/local and just use that.
> However, this server will also use Drupal so I figured I'd build PHP locally
> as well.
>
> I'm unable to get PHP 5.3 or 5.4 to link properly with the installed mysql,
> pcre and gd libraries (all of which are installed along with the devel
> packages), so I was thinking of just using the stock Apache and PHP and trying
> to build a newer mod_perl with the /usr/local/bin/perl which is 5.14.2.  So I
> tried
> /usr/local/bin/perl Makefile.PL MP_APXS=/usr/sbin/apxs
>
> This compiles, but make test gives me this:
>
> Test Summary Report
> -------------------
> t/api/server_const.t                  (Wstat: 0 Tests: 6 Failed: 2)
>  Failed tests:  5-6
> Files=242, Tests=2614, 122 wallclock secs ( 1.30 usr  0.41 sys + 91.90 cusr
> 10.94 csys = 104.55 CPU)
> Result: FAIL
> Failed 1/242 test programs. 2/2614 subtests failed.
>
> I'm not sure how serious this failure is and whether I should consider
> installing the resulting mod_perl.so file instead of the stock one.  I can
> always just use the stock Perl/mod_perl but I'd really prefer a newer Perl.
>
> Alternatively, I suppose I can try and set up a reverse proxy to run the
> Drupal stuff on the stock Apache and mod_perl stuff on the custom
> Apache/mod_perl, but I expect I'll run into complications there with various
> virtual hosts and such.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan