Re: question on Apache2_4::AuthCookie

On 07.04.2016 21:12, Lathan Bidwell wrote:
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>> Hi.
>> I have (a long time ago) created an AAA module based originally on
>> Apache2::AuthCookie (a copy and rewrite, not a sub-class). Now I need to
>> adapt this to Apache 2.4.
>> I have read all the docs at
>> https://metacpan.org/source/MSCHOUT/Apache-AuthCookie-3.24/lib/Apache2_4/AuthCookie.pm,
>> and followed the related correspondence on this list.
>> My problem is that I would like to keep a single perl source, for both
>> Apache 2.2 and Apache 2.4.
>> As far as I can tell so far, this should not be a big problem, except for
>> the following difference :
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>> In the Apache 2.2 version, I have this statement :
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>> use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(:common :http :methods :override :proxy);
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>> and in the Apache 2.4 version, I must have this statement or it will not
>> compile :
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>> use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(:common :http :methods :override :proxy
>> AUTHZ_GRANTED AUTHZ_DENIED AUTHZ_DENIED_NO_USER);
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> I'm not very familiar with require vs use, but could you use a begin
> block, Apache2::ServerUtil::get_server_version()
> and then if/else based on the version number?
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I was kind of thinking in that direction also, but as I recall BEGIN blocks can be kind of 
iffy in an Apache/mod_perl module context.  I'm not an expert either, so I guess I'll have 
to go review some docs about this.
Thanks for the reference to Apache2::ServerUtil::get_server_version(), saves me some digging.



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>> (That is because these new AUTHZ_* constants must be used in the new
>> "AuthzProvider" subs).
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>> I could of course hack the values of these constants under 2.4, and use
>> their values directly in my module, but that is rather "inelegant".
>>
>> My question is thus : would there be a way to make the import of these
>> constants conditional on the Apache version the module is running under ?
>> (In other words e.g. define them with value 0 initially (for Apache 2.2,
>> since they are never used there), and override them if under Apache 2.4 ?
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>> Or, to put this another way : imagining that there are already some
>> servers, currently running Apache 2.2 with, say, mod_perl 2.0.7, and on
>> which the current (2.2-only) version of my Auth module is running.
>> If I ever update these servers with the latest (2.4-compatible) version of
>> my module, including the above extra imported constants, that updated
>> module will not compile anymore on those systems (because these constants
>> are not defined there).
>> Is there a way to avoid this incompatibility ?
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>> I tried to phrase the above as clearly as possible, but if it is still
>> confusing, I can try again..
>>
>> Thanks
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