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!!! [Apache]2 and mod_perl
The version of mod_perl for apache2 in Sarge (libapache2-mod-perl2)
is 1.999.21.

Only a short while after Sarge was released, mod_perl version 2.0 was released. Unfortunately, its behaviour changed in some significant ways, and the documentation on http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/ reflects this stable version. So if you are using Sarge and apache2 and mod_perl, you have some poorly documented features and mis-features. Wonderful. Instead, you can have hours of fun trying to figure everything out for yourself.

!!mod_perl and ~DirectoryIndex
<verbatim>
[error] [client x.x.x.x] Attempt to serve directory: /var/www/path/to/directory/
</verbatim>

This version of mod_perl for apache2 screws up ~DirectoryIndex directives, since perl gets the request for the directory before mod_dir gets a chance. I suggest using mod_rewrite or a redirect instead.
See [this thread|http://www.spanner.org/lists/mod_perl/2005/04/13/710deb3f.html] for an explanation.


There is a fix you can do by loading your own handler into mod_perl for handling directories - [this post|http://www.spanner.org/lists/mod_perl/2005/04/27/12c49991.html] in the above thread uses this solution.

!!Apache2.pm module
This version (1.999.21) of mod_perl expects you to do
<verbatim>
use Apache2;
</verbatim>
and then the old style
<pre>
use Apache::''module'';
</pre>
much the way that mod_perl for apache1 did. This changed in mod_perl for apache2, so that there is no Apache2.pm any more, any you should just do
<pre>
use Apache::''module'';
</pre>
This means that you should do
<verbatim>
  PerlInitHandler Apache::Reload
</verbatim>
in your apache config file, not
<verbatim>
  PerlInitHandler Apache2::Reload
</verbatim>
as stated in perl.apache.org's online documentation.

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