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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Apache/Defaults.pm')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/Apache/Defaults.pm | 25 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Apache/Defaults.pm b/lib/Apache/Defaults.pm index 70d5385..6108d23 100644 --- a/lib/Apache/Defaults.pm +++ b/lib/Apache/Defaults.pm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Text::ParseWords; use Symbol 'gensym'; use Carp; -our $VERSION = '1.00'; +our $VERSION = '1.01'; sub new { my $class = shift; @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sub new { @servlist = ( $v ); } } else { - @servlist = qw(/usr/sbin/httpd /usr/sbin/apache2); + @servlist = qw(/usr/sbin/apachectl /usr/sbin/httpd /usr/sbin/apache2); } if (my @select = grep { -x $_->[0] } @@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ sub environ { shift->{environ} } sub probe { my ($self, $cb, @opt) = @_; - open(my $nullout, '>', File::Spec->devnull); open(my $nullin, '<', File::Spec->devnull); my $out = gensym; @@ -382,24 +381,26 @@ command line can also be used, e.g.: The default used in the absense of this attribute is: - [ '/usr/sbin/httpd', '/usr/sbin/apache2' ] + [ '/usr/sbin/apachectl', '/usr/sbin/httpd', '/usr/sbin/apache2' ] +The use of B<apachectl> is preferred over directly invoking B<httpd> daemon, +because the apache configuration file might contain referenmces to environment +variables defined elsewhere, which will cause B<httpd> to fail. B<apachectl> +takes care of this by including the file with variable definitions prior to +calling B<httpd>. See also C<environ>, below. + =item C<environ> Name of the shell script that sets the environment for B<httpd> invocation. - -If invoked with the B<-V> option, B<httpd> attempts to read its configuration -file and will fail if the latter contains references to the environment -variables defined elsewhere. This is quite common in Debian-based -distributions, which define the environment variables in file -F</etc/apache2/envvars>. To avoid such failures, use the C<environ> attribute, -e.g.: +Usually, this is the same script that is sourced by B<apachectl> prior to +passing control over to B<httpd>. This option provides another solution to +the environment problem mentioned above. E.g.: $x = new Apache::Defaults(environ => /etc/apache2/envvars) =item C<on_error> -Controls the error handling. Allowed values are C<croak> and C<return>. +Controls error handling. Allowed values are C<croak> and C<return>. If the value is C<croak> (the default), the method will I<croak> if an error occurs. If set to C<return>, the constructor will return a valid object. The B<httpd> exit status and diagnostics emitted to the stderr |