On about line 40 of 75_mod_perl.conf, the tag '<Location "^/perl/*.pl>' is incorrect and should be '<Location /perl/*.pl>'. ^ is interpreted literally in this context (as opposed to meaning beginning of string) and hence causes this pattern never to match. Additionally, the default Aliases point to /var/www/localhost/perl/ which is neither created by the ebuild, nor is a Directory tag set up for it. Hence, even if the user manually creates the directory, the default configuration still won't work. There should be something added like: <Directory "/var/www/localhost/perl"> AllowOverride All Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge mod_perl Actual Results: Scripts in /var/www/localhost/perl will not be executed by ModPerl::PerlRun but will be executed by ModPerl::Registry. While this initially appears to be a ModPerl::PerlRun problem, it is in fact due to a malformed Location tag. Expected Results: Scripts should have been executed by both ModPerl::PerlRun and ModPerl::Registry.. The Actual Results and Expected Results I've given above assume the user has manually created a Directory tag for /var/www/localhost/perl as given above.
(In reply to comment #0) I've also been struggling with this and have been pointed to the "What to use When" section of the Apache documentation (see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/sections.html). My reading of this is that because its files with the extension .pl located in the /perl/ directory (i.e. /perl/*.pl) that are being referred to then using the <Location> contained is inappropriate here and as advised "Therefore you should always use the filesystem containers when you can." (Disclaimer - I'm relatively new to all this apache/mod_perl configuration stuff so I could be way of the mark)
(In reply to comment #0) > On about line 40 of 75_mod_perl.conf, the tag '<Location "^/perl/*.pl>' is > incorrect and should be '<Location /perl/*.pl>'. Thank you for pointing that out. Or one could just change the mod file to this: <Location /perl/*.pl> SetHandler perl-script PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry Options -Indexes ExecCGI PerlSendHeader On Order allow,deny Allow from all </Location> <Location /cgi-perl/*.pl> SetHandler perl-script PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun Options -Indexes ExecCGI PerlSendHeader On Order allow,deny Allow from all </Location> At least it's working for me now.
fixed, thanks
