[cgiapp] another oddity installing CGI::Application::Dispatch

[P Kishor]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Michael Peters <mpeters at plusthree.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/2009 08:10 PM, P Kishor wrote:
>
>> What I don't like about the above is that the build script tried to
>> futz with my Apache conf file (setting ulimit, which, on a Mac OS X
>> machine, actually is problematic), and then tried to restart my Apache
>> server (if I am reading the above output correctly).
>
> Dispatch runs under normal CGI and mod_perl (and needs to do different
> things under each) so it needs to run it's tests against mod_perl. This
> is done with Apache::Test, which does all it can to start Apache
> w/mod_perl (hence the ulimit juggling).

I will look into the other errors, but the above is not advised on Mac
OS X. ulimit setting has a problem on Mac OS X, and is best removed.
(lots of Google hits on this subject).

Another thing -- perhaps a prompt would be advised here saying that
"We are going to change your Apache conf file, and your Apache server
is going to be restarted. Type [restart] to continue, or [cancel the
test] to skip the test." The default should be [cancel the test].



>
>> In any case, C::A::D did not install under ~/perl, as is evident from
>> the above. What gives?
>
> It failed the tests. This usually means something is strange with your
> mod_perl setup. Can you run the tests under verbose to get more output?
> Also, there's this line:
>
>  > [  error] error running tests (please examine t/logs/error_log)
>
> So looking in there would also reveal more information as to why it failed.
>
> --
> Michael Peters
> Plus Three, LP
>



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