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From: Dan Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
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From: Dan Jacobowitz <drow@beta.false.org>
Subject: apache: apache modules can not dynamically load other modules
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Package: apache
Version: 1.3.0-2

Because the scope of apache modules is RTLD_NOW, their symbols are not visible
in global scope, which libperl.a specifically and perhaps others use to load
their modules, resulting in undefined symbol errors.  Loading apache modules
in global scope - a very ugly and possibly evil solution, true - fixes the problem.
It would be better to implement a GlobalModule directive to load only a specific
module globally, and there are probably even better solutions, but this works.


*** apache-mod-perl/apache-modperl-1.3.0-2-1.12/src/os/unix/os.c	Tue Apr 28 04:42:11 1998
--- apache-1.3.0/src/os/unix/os.c	Sun Jun 21 01:27:28 1998
***************
*** 37,41 ****
      (defined(__FreeBSD_version) && (__FreeBSD_version >= 220000))
!     return dlopen((char *)path, RTLD_NOW);
  #else
!     return dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW);
  #endif
--- 37,41 ----
      (defined(__FreeBSD_version) && (__FreeBSD_version >= 220000))
!     return dlopen((char *)path, RTLD_GLOBAL);
  #else
!     return dlopen(path, RTLD_GLOBAL);
  #endif


-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0
Kernel Version: Linux debian 2.0.33 #2 Sun May 10 16:44:29 EST 1998 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apache depends on:
ii  libc6           2.0.7pre3-1    The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files)
ii  mime-support    2.17-1         MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap', and sup
ii  perl            5.004.04-6     Larry Wall's Practical Extracting and Report

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