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Nicolas Lehuen
nicolas.lehuen at gmail.com
Sun Mar 13 12:37:25 EST 2005
Hi Jamie, First of all, the bug tracker for mod_python is there : http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON Do not hesitate to report the bug here. If you have found where the issue is, post it there ; if you have a patch, we'll try to include it ASAP on the Subversion repository, and it will be included in the next release. Regards, Nicolas On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:39:06 +0000, Jamie Kirkpatrick <jkp at kirkconsulting.co.uk> wrote: > Dear all. > > This mail is really directed at the developers so I hope there are some > of you listening. I would have preferred to enter this in a bug > tracker of some sort, but I couldn't find a relevant URL on the > website. Anyway. > > I have just spent 5 days battling with what i probably the most > annoying bug I have ever come across! For the last week I have been > trying to work out why the hell I couldnt' get a working install of > mod_python on OS X and I have tried _everything_. I had managed to > get it up and running once or twice, but then I would attempt to tweak > my Apache config to set things up for the sw i wanted to use (trac) and > it would die again. The logs showed absolutely nothing of use even > with PythonDebug on. > > The bug I have discovered basically boils down to a tiny thing that is > not an easy thing to discover. If you use `apachectl restart` to > control the execution of Apache with mod_python installed on OS X > (server at least, I didnt try the client version but I imagine it will > be the same), you will find mod_python ceases to function, producing a > 500 error from apache. > > As I say , this is not an easy bug to discover, since you never expect > there to be a difference in the way a module behaves due to such an > obscure thing. I can confirm that this happens on OS X Server 10.3.6-8 > with various different builds of apache2. I used the stock build, a > custom built version (from the latest sources) and one from dports with > the same results. I also tried different versions of python (The stock > 2.3 Framework, 2.4 built as a framework, 2.4 normal, 2.3 normal....) as > I had read on these lists that there are some oddities in this area on > OS X. Same results. Just as I was beginning to give up completely I > worked out what was going on. :p > > Bottom line is that i dont want anyone to have to go through the pain I > went through this week trying to get to the bottom of this issue. I > feel 10 times better now I know what the problem is, and for the time > being the solution is to simply issue a `stop` followed by a `start` > when i need to change the configuration of the server. I hope this > email at least finds it's way to the archives so that fellow OS X > travellers can learn from my experience as there really is practially > nothing relating to mod_python on os x on the web. /me wishes apple > would have just bundled it in.... > > I really hope however that my findings can be investigated further so > that the bug can be resolved and a fix can be rolled into the trunk. > > I am happy to do any further testing if a patch is added by anyone. I > would like to try myself, but I just don't have the time to get further > into this stuff. > > Many thanks > > ps. At this stage I have only reported the bug to you guys since the > apache bug tracker asks you to specifically verify that the bug isnt > related to a module - lets make sure that mod_python isnt at fault > first and then pass it to the main apache guys if not. > > -- > jkp > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: PGP 8.0.3 > > mQGiBEAvrCkRBADP0l+qGhYxe7VZe8NhHPvHKGfYEzMg/FpZxqRY179JI2EAPM4P > ojR8YuTmFDEPgz+4Ae4IUIJyhJBean5D/CFy3TpHYTUlK3eA1cH7PDNOW7oTGSmM > +zRkD1HnkaPVwylmNvI4RmceA0JuhCi9Y35Bkxa1yBLLB+uRC1Zf4+Ek/QCg/4Jh > 161Ewn5UOV2eAmxFFRmyCLsD/jCeNrU4w5i/8YLoVFy3vZYhNsPL299vNc/PmF+h > +NPbbWAgay2UVnyc0lkbtOr+ZiEjgf0ltr3rDrjaF6faxwo8sDE5Tuh1yUUJ5Ngv > VLgyDLn9ChnOxiKYGZeI173JXYYhk3V8eU8qtIdH+IBQeHJjeWJg4dKRNqqDzlaI > r3GmA/9S11g+wKWYwKUNbPqRp29KuiRkINV34EXjAdK20kwb3misSt1x86xUHslq > Egys6T7Ulw1bAFKAWnm4pddv0khVx95reQlk/pIJZym26QSdXORPIjJatEgkQuHX > p5hWVsN4mwak7gKFw6VhJMZGXtT3V/WJgrUUE9AMcMJPQSYneLQsSmFtaWUgS2ly > a3BhdHJpY2sgPGprcEBraXJrY29uc3VsdGluZy5jby51az6JAFcEEBECABcFAkAv > rCkHCwkIBwMCCgIZAQUbAwAAAAAKCRDhFdzdKJk0z8bWAKCbTJ/gTWEpBE4+6uwW > Dn+mGLNi1gCgtQE1xpBMxTY3wjFM7SCT4vUlwGa5Ag0EQC+sKRAIAPZCV7cIfwgX > cqK61qlC8wXo+VMROU+28W65Szgg2gGnVqMU6Y9AVfPQB8bLQ6mUrfdMZIZJ+AyD > vWXpF9Sh01D49Vlf3HZSTz09jdvOmeFXklnN/biudE/F/Ha8g8VHMGHOfMlm/xX5 > u/2RXscBqtNbno2gpXI61Brwv0YAWCvl9Ij9WE5J280gtJ3kkQc2azNsOA1FHQ98 > iLMcfFstjvbzySPAQ/ClWxiNjrtVjLhdONM0/XwXV0OjHRhs3jMhLLUq/zzhsSlA > GBGNfISnCnLWhsQDGcgHKXrKlQzZlp+r0ApQmwJG0wg9ZqRdQZ+cfL2JSyIZJrqr > ol7DVekyCzsAAgIH/0aGygku5RCrzJUp3lXlPuvc7BvmwRP0RRO9ktbP4abEZXYp > UcUeRbBcU6E3AukBHf5hgmTcNDNAyQeZA75XZhJTQoAkEM9oVUkV66+KoF307hrG > 4dNOlFSBYHe/hiT/khmOlXIfB+SvDWYSjsIrP+JU/F1nxrcAqru5xeUh6Y+qIt4b > JPYNYxwf3+OeaRhQFneN+7oxBgSEl74qHmT79jQKqfllZshrs01PpB1UvG77Rn/I > zadbj29gIFw1Gt2eh5aRIN0F2QxvqeMvZ6APqjutv4i+tm1L3U8JNW8fsCpCKkI6 > h6MBJSaW6GWTtCBGA/5IX35cg5HlpbwZw96Y892JAEwEGBECAAwFAkAvrCkFGwwA > AAAACgkQ4RXc3SiZNM/0VACeORa/zYtGyekOwxUXzW5BQqdlsjIAoPhHLTE5Kwcq > 2WgOOCUuqD0QoU8e > =/4Ed > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > _______________________________________________ > Mod_python mailing list > Mod_python at modpython.org > http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >
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