Bug #50097 for HTTP-Server-Brick: "sighup" problem with Strawberry Perl

Tue Sep 29 11:44:27 2009 mrobinson [...] thelittleclinic.com - Ticket created

Subject:	"sighup" problem with Strawberry Perl
Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:43:53 -0500
To:	<bug-http-server-brick [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Michael Robinson" <mrobinson [...] thelittleclinic.com>

Unfortunately this software does not install on Strawberry Perl (Windows) because, apparently, the 'sighup' POSIX-macro is not defined there. Trouble is, specifically, the CPAN install sequence does not handle that omission "gracefully." It simply hangs, after completing 64 tests out of so-many hundred. Also: in a Windows environment where SSL support is not installed (or needed), the prerequisite checking in the install is quite ugly. It produces a serious-looking warning message. "Windows definitely needs a good brick." :-D It would be =hugely= helpful if you could grab a copy of Strawberry and give your package a whirl in that environment.

Wed Dec 09 07:06:16 2009 mark [...] aufflick.com - Severity Wishlist added

Wed Dec 09 07:06:17 2009 mark [...] aufflick.com - Correspondence added

Set to wishlist. I don't have a windows box to do this on atm - patches welcome! Also, as for the optional module warning - that's standard Module::Build functionality, nothing specific to HTTP::Server::Brick.

Wed Dec 09 07:06:17 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Wed Dec 09 10:42:36 2009 mrobinson [...] thelittleclinic.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	RE: [rt.cpan.org #50097] "sighup" problem with Strawberry Perl
Date:	Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:41:52 -0600
To:	<bug-HTTP-Server-Brick [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Michael Robinson" <mrobinson [...] thelittleclinic.com>

I can help you and I am quite willing to do so. I'm running Perl on a variety of platforms at the same time. Basically, what this would need is a way to -omit- the code that depends upon the presence of SIGHUP. And if that means that features are not available in this-or-that environment, "so be it." I will look into various ways that this determination can be made: we already know that many CPAN test-suites incorporate environment-detection. "Server::Brick" is a very well-thought-out package and those of us who have to deploy to Windows ought to have the use of it, too. :-) Show quoted text

-----Original Message----- From: Mark Aufflick via RT [mailto:bug-HTTP-Server-Brick@rt.cpan.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 6:06 AM To: Michael Robinson Subject: [rt.cpan.org #50097] "sighup" problem with Strawberry Perl <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=50097 > Set to wishlist. I don't have a windows box to do this on atm - patches welcome! Also, as for the optional module warning - that's standard Module::Build functionality, nothing specific to HTTP::Server::Brick.