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svn commit: r406821 - /perl/modperl/docs/trunk/src/docs/2.0/os/win32/install.pod
Author: randyk
Date: Mon May 15 21:20:12 2006
New Revision: 406821

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=406821&view=rev
Log:
Note availability of mod_perl ppm package for Apache/2.2.

Modified:
perl/modperl/docs/trunk/src/docs/2.0/os/win32/install.pod

Modified: perl/modperl/docs/trunk/src/docs/2.0/os/win32/install.pod
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/perl/modperl/docs/trunk/src/docs/2.0/os/win32/install.pod?rev=406821&r1=406820&r2=406821&view=diff
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--- perl/modperl/docs/trunk/src/docs/2.0/os/win32/install.pod (original)
+++ perl/modperl/docs/trunk/src/docs/2.0/os/win32/install.pod Mon May 15 21:20:12 2006
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@
=head2 PPM Packages

The following assumes you already have ActivePerl 8xx (I<not> 6xx)
-from L<http://www.activestate.com/> and a Win32 Apache 2.0 binary from
+from L<http://www.activestate.com/> and a Win32 Apache 2.x binary from
L<http://httpd.apache.org/>. In installing this, you might avoid
some future problems by choosing installation directories that do
not have spaces in their names (eg, F<C:/Apache2>). At this time
you must have version 2.0.47 or greater of Apache2 in order to
install the mod_perl 2 ppm package.

-After installing Perl and Apache 2.0, you can then install mod_perl
+After installing Perl and Apache 2.x, you can then install mod_perl
via the C<PPM> utility. ActiveState does not maintain mod_perl in
their ppm repository, so you must get it from a different location
other than ActiveState's site. A quick way to do this is to download
@@ -152,9 +152,15 @@
using the C<repository add alias location> for I<ppm3> (the
default with ActivePerl 8xx), and using C<set repository alias location>
for C<ppm2>; see the help utility within the C<ppm> shell for
-details. mod_perl 2.0 can then be installed as C<install mod_perl>
-within the ppm shell, which
-will install the necessary modules under an F<Apache2>
+details. mod_perl 2.0 can then be installed, within the ppm shell, as
+
+ ppm> install mod_perl
+
+for Apache/2.0, and as
+
+ ppm> install mod_perl-2.2
+
+for Apache/2.2. This will install the necessary modules under an F<Apache2>
subdirectory in your Perl tree, so as not to disturb a possible existing
F<Apache> directory from mod_perl 1.0. See the section below on
configuring mod_perl to add this directory to the C<@INC> path for
@@ -170,7 +176,10 @@
Note that, because of binary incompatibilities, one should
I<not> install packages for ActivePerl 8xx from a repository
containing packages for ActivePerl 6xx, and vice-versa, particularly
-if these packages contain XS-based modules.
+if these packages contain XS-based modules. Also note that
+modules compiled under Apache/2.0 are not compatible with
+modules compiled under Apache/2.2, so be sure to install the
+mod_perl ppm package appropriate for your version of Apache/2.x.

The mod_perl package available from this site will always
use the latest mod_perl sources available from CPAN



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