Bug 342679

Summary:	www-servers/apache: no more cgi in apache after upgrade
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	William Waisse <bugs.gentoo.org>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) <polynomial-c>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	mail
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-843727-start-0.html
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Description William Waisse 2010-10-26 00:44:10 UTC

The apache mod_cgid is no more in the use flags, its now in the APACHE2_MODULES

 A warning is issued during apache upgrade, but its easy to miss it and the problem seems to have hitted many gentoo users.

 I was thinking it could be a good thing to ad 2 or three lines on :
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/apache/doc/troubleshooting.xml

 Probably, adding in the 4.  Webserver doesn't interpret PHP or CGI scripts and returns their code instead

 something like :
 After upgrading to apache-2-2-16, the use flag cgi is no more used, you have to add cgi ( or cgid depending on your MPM ) in the APACHE2_MODULES in your make.conf , or apache wont restart 

 removing the line :
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
 allows apache to start, but you ll have no more cgi and this will break awstats and other cgi webapps

Comment 1 Michael Orlitzky gentoo-dev

2014-05-23 16:48:10 UTC

Since this only affects upgrades, and the upgrade occurred several years ago, I think our opportunity to do any good here has passed.

Suggesting RESOLVED: OBSOLETE and assigning to current apache maintainer.

Comment 2 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-05-24 19:24:34 UTC

Nearly four years old. I doubt this affects many users today.