Phoenix.pm: Apache::Session::Lock::File under mod_perl

[Doug Miles]

Doug Miles wrote:
> Anyone out there using Apache::Session::File and 
> Apache::Session::Lock::File under mod_perl?  The problem I am having is 
> that Apache::Session::Lock::File is aparently not releasing the 
> exclusive lock when the tied hash goes out of scope.  I can get a simple 
> test program to work from the command line, but when I try it under 
> mod_perl, it locks on the tie to the existing session.  If I delete the 
> lock file, it works fine.  Any ideas?
> 
> 

As a follow-up to this question...

I just replaced Apache::Session with CGI::Session, and I think it is 
experiencing the same problem with different symptoms.  When I would try 
to read in the session, it would create a new one as if I was passing it 
an undef.  I was able to get it to work by explicitly doing a close on 
the session before doing the internal redirect.  I failed to mention the 
internal redirect in the above problem, and I think that it is the 
crucial piece of information.  I'm guessing that the process that 
launches the redirect process must stick around until the redirect 
process is completed.  Any thoughts?