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

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

Hi Kevin:
No, I don't recall it happened, if I didn't change the
script. Perhaps, you are right. I'll post the question
to the Active State PerlEx Mailing list.
Thank you,
Maxim

--- Kevin Goess <ke...@go...> wrote:
> Maxim Maltchevski wrote:
> > Hi everyone:
> > 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
> > 
> > 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?
> 
> Not having worked with PerlEx either I'm going out
> on a limb here, but 
> from reading the documentation I think it has to do
> with the way PerlEx 
> persists across invocations and the way Log4perl
> loads modules 
> dynamically using 'eval'.  If you change your script
> without restarting 
> IIS maybe PerlEx reloads *part* of Log4perl's data
> structures as it 
> recompiles your script.  Restarting IIS gives you a
> clean slate. That's 
> my guess.
> 
> Do you ever see the error when you *don't* change
> your script?
> 
> -- 
> Happy Trails . . .
> 
> Kevin M. Goess
> (and Anne and Frank)
> 904 Carmel Ave.
> Albany, CA  94706
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> 


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