| Subject: | Possible issue with connections. |
| Date: | Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:56:51 -0600 |
| To: | bug-POE-Component-Server-SimpleHTTP [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | Ed Heil <ed [...] donor.com> |
In using POE::Component::Server::SimpleHTTP v. 2.06, we've come across
a problem with error messages such as:
Can't call method "dead" on an undefined value at
[...]/POE/Component/Server/SimpleHTTP.pm line 840.
The line is:
# Mark the client dead
$connection->dead(1);
This happens when our load balancer makes a check to make sure the
port is open where the SimpleHTTP server is listening.
We've fixed it with:
# Mark the client dead
$connection->dead(1) if $connection;
I'm afraid at this point I haven't got the ability to do the low-level
debugging necessary to determine exactly how $connection comes to be
undef, or whether this is the best way to accomplish the fix in the
big picture, but I wanted to share the fix in case you found it
useful.