[pm-h] mod perl and calendar.cgi

Tue May 6 10:50:40 PDT 2014

Hi Wade.
Yes, a sub initialize exists.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G. Wade Johnson" <gwadej at anomaly.org>
To: <houston at pm.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [pm-h] mod perl and calendar.cgi

> On Tue, 6 May 2014 10:53:55 -0500
> "Fraser Baker" <flbaker at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Some progress, but still not working.
>>
>> Turns out that the problem file "calendar.cgi" was using a locally
>> installed liteweight version of template.pm.
>
> Okay. That would make some sense.
>
>> I renamed the file CalTemplate.pm and put it into the site/lib/HTML
>> folder. I changed the package name in this file to CalTemplate.pm
>>
>> The %INC shows:
>> For HTML/CalTemplate.pm value is C:/Perl/site/lib/HTML/CalTemplate.pm
>>
>> The use statement in calendar.cgi is
>> use HTML::CalTemplate;
>>
>> The use directive finds and appears to load the file, but the same
>> line as before can't find initialize
>> [Tue May 06 10:15:30 2014] [error] Can't locate object method
>> "initialize" via package "HTML::CalTemplate" (perhaps you forgot to
>> load "HTML::CalTemplate"?) at
>> D:/www/wc-admin.com/cgi-bin/event_calendar/calendar.cgi line 131.\n
>
>
> Just to verify the obvious, is there an initialize() sub in
> CalTemplate.pm?
>
> G. Wade
>
>> The offending line 131 is
>> my $tmpl = CalTemplate->initialize( $directives->{'template'} ||
>> 'calendar.html' );
>>
>> Obviously, my understanding about mod_perl and now OOP is limited, so
>> any comments?
>>
>> Fraser
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "G. Wade Johnson" <gwadej at anomaly.org>
>> To: <houston at pm.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 11:40 AM
>> Subject: Re: [pm-h] mod perl and calendar.cgi
>>
>>
>> > On Mon, 5 May 2014 09:09:11 -0500
>> > "Fraser Baker" <flbaker at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi:
>> >>
>> >> OK, I had two copies of HTML::Template, one in Site and the other
>> >> came with PERL. I removed the one in Site and this made no
>> >> difference.
>> >>
>> >> Reading a bit, always dangerous, I find that find that the page
>> >> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/perl/getting-started-with-the-perl-template-toolkit/
>> >> talks about installing Apache::Template.
>> >>
>> >> Is this what I need to do? I really need to resolve this issue.
>> >> There must be someone out there that can help me resolve this.
>> >
>> > Hi Fraser,
>> >
>> > Template Toolkit is completely different from HTML::Template.
>> > Apache::Template works with Template Toolkit, so installing it would
>> > not help your issue. (Unless you wanted to rewrite everything you
>> > are doing in Template instead of HTML::Template. <jk/>)
>> >
>> > G. Wade
>> >
>> >> Fraser
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "B. Estrade" <estrabd at gmail.com>
>> >> To: "Houston.pm located in Houston, TX." <houston at pm.org>
>> >> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 7:51 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [pm-h] mod perl and calendar.cgi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:44 PM, G. Wade Johnson
>> >> > <gwadej at anomaly.org> wrote:
>> >> >> On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:09:59 -0500
>> >> >> "Fraser Baker" <flbaker at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> OK:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For the server that is NOT running mod_perl
>> >> >>> INCLUDED DATA ARRAY is
>> >> >>> Term is C:/Perl/site/lib
>> >> >>> Term is C:/Perl/lib
>> >> >>> Term is .
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For the server that IS running mod_perl
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> INCLUDED DATA ARRAY is
>> >> >>> Term is D:/www/wc-admin.com/cgi-bin
>> >> >>> Term is C:/Perl/site/lib
>> >> >>> Term is C:/Perl/lib
>> >> >>> Term is .
>> >> >>> Term is C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Okay. This gives us some stuff to work with.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Check each of the directories in the two sets of paths for
>> >> >> HTML/Template.pm. This might show more than one HTML::Template
>> >> >> module installed.
>> >> >
>> >> > Or none at all. Make sure HTML::Template is installed.
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Next, check to see if you have the same version of
>> >> >> HTML::Template on both machines. I had somehow missed earlier
>> >> >> that these were two separate machines. (Brain fail)
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > /me too... oopsie
>> >> >
>> >> >> You'll want to verify that there is only one version of
>> >> >> HTML::Template on each server and that the versions on the two
>> >> >> servers match.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If the one that works is older than the one that doesn't,
>> >> >> upgrading will require code changes to match the newer module.
>> >> >> If the one that works is the newer version, you can upgrade the
>> >> >> version and the problem should be solved.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> G. Wade
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> I don't see anything here. Where to go from here?
>> >> >
>> >> > Is this mod_perl or mod_perl2? I am not familiar with any of
>> >> > this on Windows unfortunately.  You could create a barebones
>> >> > script that just tries to include HTML::Template using one
>> >> > directory in @INC at a time. mod_perl also does funky things
>> >> > with applications that are not meant to be run persistently - so
>> >> > if this is the case there are request "handlers" that are meant
>> >> > to restart or recompile/restart for each request.
>> >> >
>> >> > Unfortunately it could be a tedious process to track it down,
>> >> > but I think wade's put you on the right track.
>> >> >
>> >> > Brett
>> >> >
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Fraser
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >>> From: "G. Wade Johnson" <gwadej at anomaly.org>
>> >> >>> To: <houston at pm.org>
>> >> >>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:25 AM
>> >> >>> Subject: Re: [pm-h] mod perl and calendar.cgi
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:23:59 -0500
>> >> >>> > "Fraser Baker" <flbaker at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >> Hi Brett:
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> Turns out that for the mod_perl server, there are some 165
>> >> >>> >> entries in %INC whereas for the not mod-perl server there is
>> >> >>> >> only one.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > Hi Fraser,
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > There are 2 different things here.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > @INC contains a list of directories that perl searches for
>> >> >>> > modules. %INC contains entries for each module that is
>> >> >>> > loaded.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > I believe the suggestion was to check @INC to see if a
>> >> >>> > module is loaded from a location you are not expecting.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > G. Wade
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >> The %ENV is larger by about 5 entries on the mod_perl
>> >> >>> >> machine.
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> OK, where do I go from here.
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> Fraser
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >>> >> From: "B. Estrade" <estrabd at gmail.com>
>> >> >>> >> To: "Houston.pm located in Houston, TX." <houston at pm.org>
>> >> >>> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:15 AM
>> >> >>> >> Subject: Re: [pm-h] mod perl and calendar.cgi
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> > Just a hunch, but I'd look to see how mod_perl affected
>> >> >>> >> > your environment. namely @INC.
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > Brett
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Fraser Baker
>> >> >>> >> > <flbaker at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >> >>> >> >> Hi y'all:
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> Before I added mod-perl, calendar.cgi worked.
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> After mod perl I get this error:
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> [Tue Apr 22 09:28:35 2014] [error] Can't locate object
>> >> >>> >> >> method "initialize"
>> >> >>> >> >> via package "HTML::Template" at
>> >> >>> >> >> D:/www/wc-admin.com/cgi-bin/event_calendar/calendar.cgi
>> >> >>> >> >> line 131.\n
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> The offending line in calendar.cgi is:
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> my
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> $tmpl =
>> >> >>> >> >> HTML::Template->initialize( $directives->{'template'} ||
>> >> >>> >> >> 'template.html' );
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> I searched template.pm and don't find a function named
>> >> >>> >> >> initialize. I do find
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> # initialize the template buffer
>> >> >>> >> >> sub _init_template {
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> How do I fix this?
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> Fraser
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, the
>> >> >> programming must be the process of putting them in.
>> >> >> -- Edsger Dijkstra
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