Issue while compiling apache2 with mod_perl

Question

perl Makefile.PL MP_USE_STATIC=1 \
MP_AP_PREFIX=/tmp/https2.2.34 \
MP_AP_CONFIGURE=“—with-mpm=prefork \
—prefix=/tmp/apache-2.2.34 \
-enable-modules=‘ssl rewrite info alias auth_basic usertrack so’”

ERROR from evaluation of /tmp/mod_perl-2.0.10/Apache-Reload/Makefile.PL: Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at Apache-Test/lib/TestRun.pm line 1100.

Os: sun Os 5.10 sun4v sparc SUNW,T5240
cc - /bin/cc
make - /usr/CORE/bin/make - GNU make 3.80
Perl - /bin/perl - v5.8.4
Apache - 2.2.34
Mod_perl - 2.0.10

No, I specifically mean _curly_ quotes -- `“` and `”` instead of `"`, for instance. — , Oct 12 '17 at 20:18
Sorry i dont know what a curly quote means. I used double quotes. Stack overflow changes the font which is why it may look so. — Itsme, Oct 12 '17 at 20:21

Prashant Pokhriyal · Answer 1 · 2017-10-14T10:25:56.403

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Looks like the eval fails because of fatal warnings from the undef value.

Can you try this patch in Apache-Test at loc 1100 and report back the output?

Index: lib/Apache/TestRun.pm

my %args = @Apache::TestMM::Argv;
while (my($k, $v) = each %args) {
  unless (defined $v) {
      die "key $k has no value";
  }
  $v =~ s/\|/\\|/g;
  $body .= "\n\$Apache::TestConfig::Argv{'$k'} = q|$v|;\n";
}

If it shows key apxs has no value, then it means either apxs module is not installed or script is not able to find the path where apxs module is installed.

To check if apxs module is installed or not, run following command

which apxs --> shows path where it is installed

If above command doesn't show anything, it means it is not installed, so you can installed it by running following command

sudo apt-get install apache2-dev

Now run which apxs command again and check where it is installed, most probably it will show /usr/bin/apxs

Now run Makefile.PL with addition of following line

MP_APXS=/usr/bin/apxs

So command should be like this

perl Makefile.PL MP_APXS=/usr/bin/apxs

Now it should go properly without any interruption.

edited Oct 14 '17 at 10:25

answered Oct 12 '17 at 18:08

Prashant Pokhriyal

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Error: Key apxs has no value – Itsme Oct 12 '17 at 18:14
I think `apxs` is not installed in your system. Do you have `apxs module` installed, if not [follow this Q&A](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18566774/how-to-install-apxs-module-on-apache-2-4-6) – Prashant Pokhriyal Oct 12 '17 at 18:24
I dont have apxs installed. Apxs is apache xtension if am not wrong. I am trying to compile apache with static mod_perl. So xs should be compiled along with apache right – Itsme Oct 12 '17 at 18:28
it is a separate package and comes under apache development package. – Prashant Pokhriyal Oct 12 '17 at 18:30
MP_APXS and MP_AP_PREFIX are mutually exclusive – Itsme Oct 12 '17 at 20:49
No it's not. `MP_AP_PREFIX` must point to an extracted Apache 2.0 source tree, while `MP_APXS` must point to the `apxs` binaries. – Prashant Pokhriyal Oct 13 '17 at 06:07
[ Error ] You need to pass either MP_AP_PREFIX or MP_APXS but not both @Prashant. I get this error if I use both. – Itsme Oct 13 '17 at 06:41
Sorry my bad! . So I think apxs is not included with apache httpd source code. – Prashant Pokhriyal Oct 13 '17 at 07:26
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instead of `static installation` did you try with `dynamic` – Prashant Pokhriyal Oct 14 '17 at 05:45
Yes, I switched to dynamic compile and completed my installation. Thanks for your efforts. – Itsme Oct 14 '17 at 07:50
I don't think we have a straight forward answer to the static installation. Hence I've accepted your comment on dynamic installation method and upvote it. – Itsme Dec 15 '22 at 05:17

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