Bug#703000: apache-preforks, &, modperl, segfaults

[Niko Tyni]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 03:11:25PM +0400, Dmitry E. Oboukhov wrote:
> >> Package: libapache2-mod-perl2
> >> Version: 2.0.7-2
> >> Severity: grave
> 
> >> Today I've upgraded my modperl upto wheezy from 2.0.7-1 to 2.0.7-2
> >> and apache began to crash.
> 
> > That's quite surprising, given the only source changes between those
> > versions are in the test suite.
> 
> > Can you please downgrade back and verify that the crashes go away
> > with 2.0.7-1?
> 
> No, 2.0.7-1 is already removed from repo :(

You can find old package versions at
 http://snapshot.debian.org/binary/libapache2-mod-perl2/ 
 
> also yesterday i upgraded apache from 2.2.22-12 to 2.2.22-13.

> PS: Mojolicious has no XS modules, but mod-perl crashes often.
> 
> So I think that the problem is in mod-perl (backtrace points to) or
> apache :)

Could be perl itself just as well, I suppose.

libapache2-mod-perl2 2.0.7-2 has been in testing for two months,
I'd expect other reports if it was totally broken.

apache2 2.2.22-13 only migrated recently, so it does seem possible
that triggered the regression. (Then again, so did perl.)

Please try to isolate which package upgrade caused the troubles.
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org