[Israel.pm] FIX: perl5.8.4, mod_perl, dynamic loading, debian

[Gaal Yahas]

On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:47:17AM +0300, Gaal Yahas wrote:
> Can't load module Apache::Request, dynamic loading not available in this perl.
>   (You may need to build a new perl executable which either supports
>   dynamic loading or has the Apache::Request module statically linked into it.)
>  at /usr/lib/perl5/mod_perl.pm line 14 Compilation failed in require at [.....]

FYI, a fix for this breakage is suggested in Debian bug #247291:

== snip ==
--- /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/DynaLoader.pm.old       2004-05-13 22:42:17.000000000 +0400
+++ /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/DynaLoader.pm   2004-05-13 22:40:25.000000000 +0400
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@

 use vars qw($VERSION *AUTOLOAD);

-$VERSION = '1.04';     # avoid typo warning
+$VERSION = '1.05';     # avoid typo warning

 require AutoLoader;
 *AUTOLOAD = \&AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD;
== snip ==

You will need to stop and start (not just 'restart') your server.

<vent qualification1="Debian very rarely suck this way"
      qualification2="Come to think of it, I'm not even sure this
	  is Debian's fault">This cost me two weeks.</vent>

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