Re: PATCH: add -DAPACHE24 support to Apache::Test - necessary for Auth with Apache 2.4

Not an answer to your question, but many thanks for that module, for keeping it 
up-to-date, and for pointing out the differences in Apache 2.4.
I used Apache::Cookie as a base to create my own module which does just about every 
authentication under the sun (for a particular back-end), and it was very valuable.
It looks like I'll have my work cut out to adapt to Apache 2.4 though.

Incidentally, where can I find a description of the new Apache 2.4 API ?

Michael Schout wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I have submitted this issue a while back to rt.cpan.org, but I have not
> gotten any response.
> 
> I am the maintainer of Apache::AuthCookie.
> 
> As most of us probably already know, Apache 2.4 has a very different
> authentication API from previous Apache versions.  As a result, in order
> to release a version of Apache::AuthCookie that passes tests on Apache
> 2.4 and previous versions, it is necessary to have conditional config
> sections that are only enabled for Apache 2.4 or later.
> 
> Currently Apache::Test defines APACHE2 if running under apache 2.0 or
> later.  The attached patch also defines APACHE24 if running under apache
> 2 with a minor version >= 4.
> 
> I shipped a patch for AuthCookie to the debian folks that works under
> Apache 2.4, but I also need this patch in Apache::Test in order to make
> it so that the test suite will work on all Apache versions (2.4 as well
> as 2.2 and earlier)
> 
> Example in AuthCookie t/conf/extra.conf.in:
> 
> <IfDefine APACHE24>
>   # Apache 2.4+ Auth API
>   PerlAddAuthzProvider user My::Auth->authz
> </IfDefine>
> ...
> <IfDefine APACHE2>
>   ...
>   <IfDefine !APACHE24>
>     # Pre Apache 2.4 Auth API.
>     PerlAuthzHandler ....
>   </IfDefine>
> </IfDefine>
> 
> Hopefully this makes it clear why this is needed, and why I'd like to
> see this in Apache::Test before mod_perl for apache 2.4 is finalized.
> 
> Regards,
> Michael Schout
>