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[SLUG] dso and mod_perl


<quote who="Mike Lake">
> whats a dso ?

Jeff explained...
> "Dynamic Shared Object" -> in Apache terms, they're the modules you can
> load at runtime to do all the funky stuff that Apache does [ remember that
> Apache is just a glorified telnet running on port 80 ;) ].

> You can load mod_perl as a dso. It's generally not recommended, as it
> has a reputation for instability, but in this case, it might be a simpler
> option.

so if apt-cache show apache-perl says....
"This version of Apache contains the mod_perl module statically 
linked."

then thats NOT the DSO one which loads at runtime.

Mike
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