Bug 550246 – www-apache/mod_perl: default config file does not work w/apache-2.4

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description SpanKY 2015-05-23 16:13:35 UTC]

the mod_perl config file has lines like:
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.1

those do not work w/apache-2.4.  see this doc for how to adjust things:
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html

and if you use mod_version, you can support both.  something like:
      <IfModule mod_perl.c>
        Deny from all
      </IfModule>
      <IfModule !mod_perl.c>
        Require all denied
      </IfModule>

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2015-05-23 16:15:06 UTC]

another issue in the config file:
AH00526: Syntax error on line 23 of /etc/apache2/modules.d/75_mod_perl.conf:
Either all Options must start with + or -, or no Option may.

seems pretty easy to fix:
-    Options -Indexes ExecCGI
+    Options -Indexes +ExecCGI

[Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2015-05-23 18:53:16 UTC]

@vapier, from my point of view, if you are able to test+fix it for the -r1 revision (the one that is used for apache 2.4), please go ahead and commit :)

Thanks a lot

[Comment 3 Mikle Kolyada (RETIRED) 2015-05-23 18:53:53 UTC]

(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #2)
> @vapier, from my point of view, if you are able to test+fix it for the -r1
> revision (the one that is used for apache 2.4), please go ahead and commit :)
> 
> Thanks a lot

+1

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2015-05-24 02:37:16 UTC]

i didn't notice that the latest mod_perl ebuild has need_apache2_4, so it's much simpler to fix -- no need for mod_version

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2015-05-24 02:44:08 UTC]

converted existing one in place (i'll revbump for bug 550244):
http://sources.gentoo.org/www-apache/mod_perl/files/2.0.3/75_mod_perl.conf?r1=1.3&r2=1.4

kept the old one for the stable ebuild:
http://sources.gentoo.org/www-apache/mod_perl/mod_perl-2.0.8.ebuild?r1=1.11&r2=1.12
http://sources.gentoo.org/www-apache/mod_perl/files/2.0.3/75_mod_perl.conf.2.2?rev=1.1

[Comment 6 Pacho Ramos 2015-05-24 07:33:23 UTC]

Thanks!