05-31-2013
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Corona688
It may count escape sequences as part of the string's length, and so assume it's longer than it actually is when printed.
That's a helpful hint. I tried removing different options. Removing the color option fixed the problem. So, I tried using separate color tags for the first and second lines. The problem came back, and worse-- now it's ~10 chars that are "fixed" at the beginning of the line, in keeping with the longer escaped sequences. So, no solution, but a little reworking made the prompt just as informative, and with no strange problem, albeit at the cost of a very boring little pound sign. :-) Many thanks.
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Apache2::porting -- a helper module for mod_perl 1.0 to mod_perl 2.0 porting
Synopsis
# either add at the very beginning of startup.pl
use Apache2::porting;
# or httpd.conf
PerlModule Apache2::porting
# now issue requests and look at the error_log file for hints
Description
"Apache2::porting" helps to port mod_perl 1.0 code to run under mod_perl 2.0. It doesn't provide any back-compatibility functionality,
however it knows to trap methods calls that are no longer in the mod_perl 2.0 API and tell what should be used instead if at all. If you
attempts to use mod_perl 2.0 methods without first loading the modules that contain them, it will tell you which modules you need to load.
Finally if your code tries to load modules that no longer exist in mod_perl 2.0 it'll also tell you what are the modules that should be
used instead.
"Apache2::porting" communicates with users via the error_log file. Everytime it traps a problem, it logs the solution (if it finds one) to
the error log file. If you use this module coupled with "Apache2::Reload" you will be able to port your applications quickly without
needing to restart the server on every modification.
It starts to work only when child process start and doesn't work for the code that gets loaded at the server startup. This limitation is
explained in the Culprits section.
It relies heavily on "ModPerl::MethodLookup". which can also be used manually to lookup things.
Culprits
"Apache2::porting" uses the "UNIVERSAL::AUTOLOAD" function to provide its functionality. However it seems to be impossible to create
"UNIVERSAL::AUTOLOAD" at the server startup, Apache segfaults on restart. Therefore it performs the setting of "UNIVERSAL::AUTOLOAD" only
during the child_init phase, when child processes start. As a result it can't help you with things that get preloaded at the server
startup.
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mod_perl 2.0 documentation.
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