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Re: [PATCHv2/RFC] gitweb: Prepare for splitting gitweb

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 8, 2010, 07:01 UTC
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Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason napisał:
> > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 09:57, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > [...]
> > >  use strict;
> > >  use warnings;
> > > +
> > > +use File::Spec;
> > > +# __DIR__ is taken from Dir::Self __DIR__ fragment
> > > +sub __DIR__ () {
> > > +       File::Spec->rel2abs(join '', (File::Spec->splitpath(__FILE__))[0, 1]);
> > > +}
> > > +use lib __DIR__ . '/lib';
> > > +
> > 
> > What was the result of the discussion about using __DIR__ again? You
> > only need to use that method when you call a perl program whith *then*
> > includes a module. If you just need to add the lib/ directory relative
> > to the script you're invoking you can use FindBin:
> > 
> >     use FindBin qw($Bin);
> >     use lib "$Bin/lib";
> 
> It's
> 
>       use lib "$Bin/../lib";
> 
> (I don't like this ../lib here, but that's my personal preference).
> 
> But you might be right that I am overly cautious in avoiding FindBin.
> It is nowadays not recommended solution (on #perl, for example), but
> it is perhaps true that the conditions where it fails are not fulfilled
> for the case of gitweb.
> 
> Or perhaps not:
> 
>   KNOWN ISSUES
> 
>   If there are two modules using FindBin from different directories
>   under the same interpreter, this won't work. Since FindBin uses a
>   BEGIN block, it'll be executed only once, and only the first caller
>   will get it right. This is a problem under **mod_perl** and other
>   persistent Perl environments, where you shouldn't use this module.
> 
> Gitweb can be used under mod_perl (to be more exact ModPerl::Registry).

And there is also nowadays 'plackup' option for git-instaweb, which also would have, I think, this problem with FindBin.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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  1. Jakub NarebskiJul 7, 2010
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 7, 2010
  3. Jakub NarebskiJul 7, 2010
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 8, 2010
  5. Jakub NarebskiJul 13, 2010
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 13, 2010
  7. Jakub NarebskiJul 14, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 14, 2010
  9. Jakub NarebskiJul 14, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2010
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  12. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2010
  13. Jakub NarebskiJul 8, 2010
  14. [PATCHv3/RFC] gitweb: Prepare for splitting gitwebJakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2010

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