Re: [gentoo-user] mod_perl2

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Antoine wrote:

> Hi,
> I just can't seem to figure out how to get perl working on apache2.
> There don't seem to be any decent gentoo-specific docs, and it seems
> like the names of config files are changing constantly :-(.
> Anyway, I have installed ~x86 apache2 and mod_perl. What do I do now?
> I have tried to test things but when I put the following in httpd.conf
> apache no longer starts.
>
> Alias /perl/ /home/httpd/perl/
>                  <Location /perl>
> SetHandler  perl-script
> PerlHandler Apache::Registry
>                                               Options ExecCGI
>                                                        PerlSendHeader
> On PerlSetupEnv On       </Location>
>
> tux ~ # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
>  * Apache2 has detected a syntax error in your configuration files:
> Syntax error on line 1104 of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
> Invalid command 'PerlHandler', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a
> module not included in the server configuration
> Can someone point me in the right direction? It seems a lot more
> complicated than simply adding -D PHP4...
> Cheers
> Antoine

I have installed mod_perl with no diffuculties. All I had to do after 
installing was to add update /etc/conf.d/apache2 and add -D PERL to line 
APACHE2_OPTS. I restarted apache and perl was working.
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