Item1152: Foswiki fails in mod_perl and other similar environments after change related to Item906

I used the Foswiki-upgrade-1.0.2.tgz, followed the upgrade instructions as stated on http://foswiki.org/Download/FoswikiRelease01x00x02 and additionaly I adjusted the perl location (using the "rewriteshbang.pl"). While the "configure" script runs fine, requesting any other page page fails with:

[Thu Feb 26 08:39:39 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.0 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Feb 26 08:39:51 2009] [error] Cannot find current script './httpd' at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 173\n\tFindBin::init() called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\tFindBin::BEGIN() called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\teval {...} called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\trequire FindBin.pm called at /WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view line 39\n\tModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::WEB_DATA_foswiki_foswiki_2dprd_bin_view::BEGIN() called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\teval {...} called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\teval 'package ModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::WEB_DATA_foswiki_foswiki_2dprd_bin_view;sub handler {local $0 = \\'/WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view\\';use warnings;\n\n#line 1 /WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view\n#!/swmtools/bin/perl -wT\n#\n# Foswiki - The Free and Open Source Wiki, http://foswiki.org/\n#\n# Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Peter Thoeny, peter@thoeny.org and TWiki Contributors\n# Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Foswiki Contributors.\n# All Rights Reserved. TWiki Contributors and Foswiki Contributors\n# are listed in the AUTHORS file in the root of this distribution.\n# NOTE: Please extend that file, not this notice.\n#\n# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or\n# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License\n# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2\n# of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For\n# more details read LICENSE in the root of this distribution.\n#\n# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\n#\n# As per the GPL, removal of this notice is prohibited.\n\n\nuse strict;\nuse warnings;\n\nBEGIN {\n    if ( defined $ENV{GATEWAY_INTERFACE} ) {\n        $Foswiki::cfg{Engine} = \\'Foswiki::Engine::CGI\\';\n        use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);\n        $SIG{__DIE__} = \\\\&CGI::Carp::confess;\n    }\n    else {\n        $Foswiki::cfg{Engine} = \\'Foswiki::Engine::CLI\\';\n        require Carp;\n        $SIG{__DIE__} = \\\\&Carp::confess;\n    }\n    $ENV{FOSWIKI_ACTION} = \\'view\\';\n    require FindBin;\n    my ($bin) = $FindBin::Bin =~ /^(.*)$/;\n    use Cwd ();\n    my ($setlibCfg) = Cwd::abs_path( "$bin/setlib.cfg" ) =~ /(.*)/;\n    require $setlibCfg;\n}\n\nuse Foswiki;\nuse Foswiki::UI;\n$Foswiki::engine->run();\n\n}\n;' called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 676\n\tModPerl::RegistryCooker::compile('ModPerl::Registry=HASH(0x27b1e8)', 'SCALAR(0x3ab210)') called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 406\n\tModPerl::RegistryCooker::convert_script_to_compiled_handler('ModPerl::Registry=HASH(0x27b1e8)') called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 163\n\tModPerl::RegistryCooker::default_handler('ModPerl::Registry=HASH(0x27b1e8)') called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/ModPerl/Registry.pm line 31\n\tModPerl::Registry::handler('ModPerl::Registry', 'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0x27b0e8)') called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\teval {...} called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\nBEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206.\n at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\trequire FindBin.pm called at /WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view line 39\n\tModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::WEB_DATA_foswiki_foswiki_2dprd_bin_view::BEGIN() called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\teval {...} called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\teval 'package ModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::WEB_DATA_foswiki_foswiki_2dprd_bin_view;sub handler {local $0 = \\'/WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view\\';use warnings;\n\n#line 1 /WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view\n#!/swmtools/bin/perl -wT\n#\n# Foswiki - The Free and Open Source Wiki, http://foswiki.org/\n#\n# Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Peter Thoeny, peter@thoeny.org and TWiki Contributors\n# Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Foswiki Contributors.\n# All Rights Reserved. TWiki Contributors and Foswiki Contributors\n# are listed in the AUTHORS file in the root of this distribution.\n# NOTE: Please extend that file, not this notice.\n#\n# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or\n# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License\n# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2\n# of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For\n# more details read LICENSE in the root of this distribution.\n#\n# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\n#\n# As per the GPL, removal of this notice is prohibited.\n\n\nuse strict;\nuse warnings;\n\nBEGIN {\n    if ( defined $ENV{GATEWAY_INTERFACE} ) {\n        $Foswiki::cfg{Engine} = \\'Foswiki::Engine::CGI\\';\n        use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);\n        $SIG{__DIE__} = \\\\&CGI::Carp::confess;\n    }\n    else {\n        $Foswiki::cfg{Engine} = \\'Foswiki::Engine::CLI\\';\n        require Carp;\n        $SIG{__DIE__} = \\\\&Carp::confess;\n    }\n    $ENV{FOSWIKI_ACTION} = \\'view\\';\n    require FindBin;\n    my ($bin) = $FindBin::Bin =~ /^(.*)$/;\n    use Cwd ();\n    my ($setlibCfg) = Cwd::abs_path( "$bin/setlib.cfg" ) =~ /(.*)/;\n    require $setlibCfg;\n}\n\nuse Foswiki;\nuse Foswiki::UI;\n$Foswiki::engine->run();\n\n}\n;' called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 676\n\tModPerl::RegistryCooker::compile('ModPerl::Registry=HASH(0x27b1e8)', 'SCALAR(0x3ab210)') called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 406\n\tModPerl::RegistryCooker::convert_script_to_compiled_handler('ModPerl::Registry=HASH(0x27b1e8)') called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 163\n\tModPerl::RegistryCooker::default_handler('ModPerl::Registry=HASH(0x27b1e8)') called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/ModPerl/Registry.pm line 31\n\tModPerl::Registry::handler('ModPerl::Registry', 'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0x27b0e8)') called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\n\teval {...} called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 206\nCompilation failed in require at /WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view line 39.\n at /WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view line 39\n\tModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::WEB_DATA_foswiki_foswiki_2dprd_bin_view::BEGIN() called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 44\n\teval {...} called at /swmtools/lib/perl5/5.10.0/FindBin.pm line 44\n\teval 'package ModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::WEB_DATA_foswiki_foswiki_2dprd_bin_view;sub handler {local $0 = \\'/WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view\\';use warnings;\n\n#line 1 /WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/bin/view\n#!/swmtools/bin/perl -wT\n#\n# Foswiki - The Free and Open Source Wiki, http://foswiki.org/\n#\n# Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Peter Thoeny, peter@thoeny.org and TWiki Contributors\n# Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Foswiki Contributors.\n# All Rights Reserved. TWiki Contributors and Foswiki Contributors\n# are listed in the AUTHORS file in the root of this distribution.\n# NOTE: Please extend that file, not this notice.\n#\n# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or\n# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License\n# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2\n# of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For\n# more details read LICENSE in the root of this distribution.\n#\n# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of...

System setup: Solaris10 (SPARC) w/ Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.0

Remark: I checked Codebase "1.0.1" as "1.0.2" is not available for selection

-- StefanPalm - 26 Feb 2009

As suggested by Barbar I installed the ModPerlEngineContrib. With this extension the described problem disappears but a new error occurs in the log and page forwarding fails (the port is ripped of the URL).

Use of uninitialized value in substitution iterator at /WEB_DATA/foswiki/foswiki-prd/lib/Foswiki/Render.pm line 549.

-- StefanPalm - 26 Feb 2009

Can someone remind me why we had to "fix" this SetLib thing? It worked in 1.0.0. Why was it fixed? Do I have to cancel a release for the second time now because of the same issue?? Can we revert the whole thing back to how it worked in 1.0.0?

-- KennethLavrsen - 26 Feb 2009

Check Item906

Not that I agree with the conclusion, as FindBin is known not to work with mod_perl, and thus created this mess. Now that we have it, I hope the installer builders will be really happy

-- OlivierRaginel - 27 Feb 2009

Seems we need to revert the Item906 changes - http://trac.foswiki.org/changeset/2514

-- KennethLavrsen - 27 Feb 2009

Since none of the two developers responsible for 906 have shown any sign of wanting to repair what they broke I have now reverted the "fix" that the rest of us did not know we needed.

-- KennethLavrsen - 27 Feb 2009