Re: [Pagekit-devel] patch for running in different Locations

[Boris Z. <bz...@2b...>]

Hi Pieter,

Am Donnerstag, 6. Mai 2004 21:53 schrieb pdu...@so...:
> Hi,
>
> I'm happy to say that I installed PageKit and that I got the demo
>
> working in DocumentRoot. I then read the FAQ:
> > Can I run more as one site with one Apache Server?
> >
> > Sure, as long as ...
>
> I wasn't so interested in getting more than one site running, and did
> not try it. What I wanted to try was to move the Location from / to
> /pagekit:
>

We have already a solution to move pagekit to a different location. Just do

<Perl>
use Apache::PageKit();
Apache::PageKit->startup('/var/www/pagekit','staging');
</Perl>

<Location /pagekit>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT /var/www/pagekit
PerlSetVar PKIT_SERVER staging
PerlHandler +Apache::PageKit
</Location>

It looks a bit mad, but this config works on Apache 1.3 and Apache 2.
sure you must add

	uri_prefix="/pagekit"

in the global section of your Config.xml. See:

http://www.pagekit.org/guide/reference.html#d0e694

> Working httpd.conf (Location = DocumentRoot):
>
> #<Perl>
> #  use Apache::DB ();
> #  Apache::DB->init;
> #</Perl>
> #PerlFixupHandler +Apache::DB
>
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlModule Apache::ErrorReport
> PerlSetVar ErrorReportHandler display
>
> PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT /var/www/pagekit
> PerlSetVar PKIT_SERVER staging
> PerlSetVar PKIT_DOCROOT /pagekit
> PerlHandler +Apache::PageKit
> <Perl>
>   Apache::PageKit->startup;
> </Perl>
> ######################
>
> Non-working httpd.conf (Location != DocumentRoot):
>
> <Location /pagekit>
>   #<Perl>
>   #  use Apache::DB ();
>   #  Apache::DB->init;
>   #</Perl>
>   #PerlFixupHandler +Apache::DB
>
>   SetHandler perl-script
>   PerlModule Apache::ErrorReport
>   PerlSetVar ErrorReportHandler display
>
>   PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT /var/www/pagekit
>   PerlSetVar PKIT_SERVER staging
>   PerlSetVar PKIT_DOCROOT /pagekit
>   PerlHandler +Apache::PageKit
>   <Perl>
>     Apache::PageKit->startup;
>   </Perl>
> </Location>
> ######################
>
> The first problem was obvious: PKIT_ROOT and PKIT_SERVER is not set
> up, or are not read properly, when declared inside <Location>.
> The quick fix was:
>
> PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT /var/www/pagekit
> PerlSetVar PKIT_SERVER staging
>
> <Location /pagekit>
>   #<Perl>
>   #  use Apache::DB ();
>   #  Apache::DB->init;
>   #</Perl>
>   #PerlFixupHandler +Apache::DB
>
>   SetHandler perl-script
>   PerlModule Apache::ErrorReport
>   PerlSetVar ErrorReportHandler display
>
>   #PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT /var/www/pagekit
>   #PerlSetVar PKIT_SERVER staging
>   PerlSetVar PKIT_DOCROOT /pagekit
>   PerlHandler +Apache::PageKit
>   <Perl>
>     Apache::PageKit->startup;
>   </Perl>
> </Location>
>
> I now got apache to accept the httpd.conf file again. The next problem
> (the one that I made the patch for), was that the index page was being
> served the whole time. PageKit.pm seems to assume that the <Location>
> is alway = <DocumentRoot>.
>
> The fix I made, incorporates another PKIT_ variable, that I called
> PKIT_DOCROOT (PKIT_LOCATION might be better???). This variable is then
> used in PageKit.pm and Edit.pm, in order to fix the hrefs. With my
> attached patch, I managed to get the demo working, regardless of the
> <Location>, if and only if the PKIT_DOCROOT variable is set to the
> <Location>. A small note: PerlSetVar works within <Location> for
> PKIT_DOCROOT, as it is read at request-time. And a last note:
> View/Default/pkit_edit/open_file.tmpl has a hard-coded part:
>    <form action="/pkit_edit/commit_file?...
>                 ^^^
> This still needs to be solved. Who has a good idea?

This was a bug and is already resolved in pagekit 1.14_01

http://eg.2bz.de/Apache-PageKit-1.14_01.tar.gz

>
> I think it is essential that PKIT_ROOT needs to be able to be
> specified within <Location>. Do you want me to have a look at how this
> could be done?

This is a mod_perl issue. What version do you use?

>
> Finally, after giving up on php, mason and a few others, I learnt
> HTML::Template and started writing all mu stuff with that. Fortunately
> I discovered Apache::PageKit, as I would probably only have arrived at
> such an elegant solution only in a few years... Well done! You saw the
> light before the rest. I'll be keen to assist, permitting I find the
> time to do so.
>
> cu
> --
> Pieter du Preez

-- 
Boris