Re: Re: running mod_pubsub_2004-04-20 with mod_perl

Hey Bob,

So we aren't "officially" maintaining that particular client and server any
more.  Some of the devs on this list might be doing something with it --
Kragen? -- but not me.

  -- Joyce


--- [email protected] wrote:

> I can answer portions of my own questions at this point.  If others 
> have tried to run the old Perl server recently, perhaps they're running 
> into the same problems.  I should have mentioned that my OS is FreeBSD 
> 5.3, since that could be relevant for the libraries used.  I have Perl 
> 5.8.6 installed.
> 
> My confusion about clients and servers was cleared up by looking at the 
> code for pubsub_test.cgi.  It mentioned that you can run it at the 
> command line (as you can any script that uses CGI.pm).  You do need to 
> set some environmental variables to feed it the arguments it would get 
> when called from a browser.  In any case this lets you test the server 
> setup by running scripts on the server, so you're not dependent on any 
> browser details.
> 
> After some experimentation I found that most of the tests were failing 
> because PubSub::Server was failing to flush its output buffers.  There 
> is a 300 second delay built into the code, so if you sit around long 
> enough, you get to see the test fail.  If you're less patient, you 
> think it's hung.  I added commands to flush the output buffers after 
> three "send" commands in Server.pm, after which the majority of the 
> tests gave an "OK" report.  So far I still don't understand why the `$| 
> = 1;' command in PubSub::Server->route_to_javascript doesn't do the 
> trick.  I had presumed it would force unbuffered output, and I haven't 
> found anything in the Apache 2 or mod_perl documentation to suggest 
> anything to the contrary.
> 
> With these patches all tests but the last two -- replay of events and 
> replay of events with warp factor -- are now OK.  I have yet to explore 
> the nature of these failures.  Are they something I should worry about?
> 
> If there is an interest in updating the software or the INSTALL 
> document, please let me know, and I can attempt a slightly more 
> coherent description of what I've found.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bob Carlitz
> 
> 
> On May 7, 2005, at 1:58 PM, 
> [email protected] wrote:
> 
> > I was interested in using the Perl server from the 2004-04-20 
> > distribution, assuming it can be integrated with other files on the 
> > server.  I'm running Apache 2.1.3 with mod_perl 1.999_20 but was 
> > unable to get things running without some adjustments, as detailed 
> > below:
> >
> > The configuration generated by ModPubSub.pm failed with an error 
> > message "Option ExecCGI now allowed here." I copied the configuration 
> > into httpd.conf and commented out the "$Directory =" and "$Location =" 
> > lines in ModPubSub.pm. I updated the syntax to use 
> > "PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry" and "PerlOptions 
> > +ParseHeaders". I also created an alias for /kn to 
> > /var/www/mod_pubsub/cgi-bin/pubsub.cgi. This lets me start up Apache 
> > with mod_pubsub running.
> >
> > Most of the test programs failed after the one that tries to create a 
> > tunnel.  I'm using a Mac and tried Safari and Firefox with the same 
> > results.  I did verify that mod_pubsub was generating directories and 
> > files in /kn_events.  Should I conclude that my problems are on the 
> > browser side rather than the server side?
> >
> > If I can get this stuff running, I could perhaps help with your 
> > documentation effort.  I'm not sure how much information you had on 
> > the currently unavailable Wiki, but I'm finding things pretty hard to 
> > dig through.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bob Carlitz
> >
> >
> >
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