Hi.
I have (a long time ago) created an AAA module based originally on Apache2::AuthCookie (a
copy and rewrite, not a sub-class). Now I need to adapt this to Apache 2.4.
I have read all the docs at
https://metacpan.org/source/MSCHOUT/Apache-AuthCookie-3.24/lib/Apache2_4/AuthCookie.pm,
and followed the related correspondence on this list.
My problem is that I would like to keep a single perl source, for both Apache 2.2 and
Apache 2.4.
As far as I can tell so far, this should not be a big problem, except for the following
difference :
In the Apache 2.2 version, I have this statement :
use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(:common :http :methods :override :proxy);
and in the Apache 2.4 version, I must have this statement or it will not compile :
use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(:common :http :methods :override :proxy AUTHZ_GRANTED
AUTHZ_DENIED AUTHZ_DENIED_NO_USER);
(That is because these new AUTHZ_* constants must be used in the new "AuthzProvider" subs).
I could of course hack the values of these constants under 2.4, and use their values
directly in my module, but that is rather "inelegant".
My question is thus : would there be a way to make the import of these constants
conditional on the Apache version the module is running under ?
(In other words e.g. define them with value 0 initially (for Apache 2.2, since they are
never used there), and override them if under Apache 2.4 ?
Or, to put this another way : imagining that there are already some servers, currently
running Apache 2.2 with, say, mod_perl 2.0.7, and on which the current (2.2-only) version
of my Auth module is running.
If I ever update these servers with the latest (2.4-compatible) version of my module,
including the above extra imported constants, that updated module will not compile anymore
on those systems (because these constants are not defined there).
Is there a way to avoid this incompatibility ?
I tried to phrase the above as clearly as possible, but if it is still confusing, I can
try again..
Thanks
I have (a long time ago) created an AAA module based originally on Apache2::AuthCookie (a
copy and rewrite, not a sub-class). Now I need to adapt this to Apache 2.4.
I have read all the docs at
https://metacpan.org/source/MSCHOUT/Apache-AuthCookie-3.24/lib/Apache2_4/AuthCookie.pm,
and followed the related correspondence on this list.
My problem is that I would like to keep a single perl source, for both Apache 2.2 and
Apache 2.4.
As far as I can tell so far, this should not be a big problem, except for the following
difference :
In the Apache 2.2 version, I have this statement :
use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(:common :http :methods :override :proxy);
and in the Apache 2.4 version, I must have this statement or it will not compile :
use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(:common :http :methods :override :proxy AUTHZ_GRANTED
AUTHZ_DENIED AUTHZ_DENIED_NO_USER);
(That is because these new AUTHZ_* constants must be used in the new "AuthzProvider" subs).
I could of course hack the values of these constants under 2.4, and use their values
directly in my module, but that is rather "inelegant".
My question is thus : would there be a way to make the import of these constants
conditional on the Apache version the module is running under ?
(In other words e.g. define them with value 0 initially (for Apache 2.2, since they are
never used there), and override them if under Apache 2.4 ?
Or, to put this another way : imagining that there are already some servers, currently
running Apache 2.2 with, say, mod_perl 2.0.7, and on which the current (2.2-only) version
of my Auth module is running.
If I ever update these servers with the latest (2.4-compatible) version of my module,
including the above extra imported constants, that updated module will not compile anymore
on those systems (because these constants are not defined there).
Is there a way to avoid this incompatibility ?
I tried to phrase the above as clearly as possible, but if it is still confusing, I can
try again..
Thanks