[log4perl-devel] PerlEx Precompiler -1 Error with Log4perl

[Maxim M. <mal...@ya...>]

Hi everyone:
I'm using Log4perl (v 0.34) quite extensively in my
modules and it works just great on my Win2K machine
with Perl 5.6.0 and 5.8.0. I installed it using PPD
from this site. I have recently installed my script on
the IIS 5.0 with PerlEx.dll for the Active State Perl
5.6.0 build 633 and have intermittent problems with
Log4perl being unable to precompile whenever I change
the script. I'm using Log::Dispatch::File as my
Appender and the error seems to be related to it:

Precompiler: Eval Error: 

Package:[PerlEx::Precompiler::c_::wwwroot::archive::cgi_2dbin::survey_asp]
	File:[C:\wwwroot\archive\cgi-bin\survey.asp]
	Error:[Can't call method "log" on an undefined value
at c:/Perl/site/lib/Log/Log4perl/Appender.pm line 177.
]
Precompiler: Returning -1 at 
594

My config file works fine with the regular Perl:
=======================================================
log4perl.logger = INFO, Logfile

# appender
log4perl.appender.Logfile = Log::Dispatch::File
log4perl.appender.Logfile.filename = logs/bdb.log
log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout =
Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout.ConversionPattern =
%d %X{IP} %p %F{1}:%L (%M) => %m%n
=======================================================
The module where Log4perl is called is inside the
BEGIN block and it looks like like the Appender's new
method fails to create an object correctly. If I
restart IIS, the error goes away but I feel
uncomfortable to use the script in production without
knowing what's causing the problem. Are there any
patches I need to apply to use Log4perl with PerlEx?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,


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Maxim Maltchevski



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