Re: Apache2::Upload ->upload method dies silently if any file field is empty

> On Jul 17, 2025, at 1:32PM, Alex Aminoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have written up a description and replication code here:
> > 
> > http://back.nber.org/sys-admin/apache2_upload_bug.html
> > 
> > Is this something anyone else has seen?
> 
> Hi, Alex. Yes, this is a known problem that has been discussed on the mo=
d_perl and mod_perl dev mailing lists going back to 2022 and which came to=
 a boil in February 2024. Check the mailing list archives to read more abo=
ut the sad state we are in.
> 
> Essentially, libapreq 2.17 is broken, as you have discovered, and it sho=
uld not be used, imho. If you can access the svn repository for libapreq, =
I think the trunk might have a fix for the problem you have encountered, b=
ut it hasn't been officially released as 2.18. Personally, I continue to u=
se an older version of libapreq that I know works well.

	Compiling libapreq2 v2.18 from SVN sources resolved all these 
problems for me, and I've been using it on multiple production 
servers (Debian Linux, and each hosting multiple web sites that are 
written either partly or entirely in Perl and relying on mod_perl2) 
for nearly 10 months now.

	If anyone's interested in feedback on libapreq2 v2.18, please take 
this as positive feedback -- it resolved all the problems I 
encountered in v2.17 and it also has not caused new/other problems.

Randolf Richardson, CNA - [email protected]
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
https://www.inter-corporate.com/