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I am hoping to use mod_perl in apache, but there's a decision to be made. |
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Mod_perl insists that if apache has thread support, perl must also have it. |
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I originally enabled the 'threads' USE-flag because I thought it might be |
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useful, but it turns out to affect apache, while leaving Perl unthreaded, |
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and I didn't notice until I went to build mod_perl, and it refused to |
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emerge. |
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When I enabled the 'ithread' USE-flag for Perl, it issued a warning that |
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this might not be good for the health of all the packages in the system. |
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Hmmmm. |
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So I'm looking for experience and/or advice. Is threaded Perl an okay |
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idea? Is it useful? Come to think of it, what difference does threading |
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make to Apache? Is it generally useful? |
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Also: why is mod_python not subject to the same concerns? I notice that |
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I've always build it with -nothreads, which seems to be the default. I |
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guess that means it's okay with threading. |
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++ kevin |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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