Hi,

on my Linux system (Slackware 9.0) Apache segfaults in mod_perl as soon as it
receives the first request.
This started after I upgraded to Perl 5.8.1 (from 5.6.0).
The Apache version is 1.3.28, mod_perl 1.29.
I appreciate any help.

-Joe

gdb backtrace:
Starting program: /usr/var/lib/apache/bin/httpd -X

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0806952d in perl_header_parser (r=0x82d86bc) at mod_perl.c:1015
1015        dPPDIR;
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0806952d in perl_header_parser (r=0x82d86bc) at mod_perl.c:1015
#1  0x080adcad in run_method (r=0x82d86bc, offset=32, run_all=1)
     at http_config.c:370
#2  0x080adda6 in ap_header_parse (r=0x82d86bc) at http_config.c:407
#3  0x080c26b9 in process_request_internal (r=0x82d86bc) at http_request.c:1261
#4  0x080c2a2d in ap_process_request (r=0x82d86bc) at http_request.c:1340
#5  0x080b9c9e in child_main (child_num_arg=0) at http_main.c:4653
#6  0x080b9e3e in make_child (s=0x820824c, slot=0, now=1065834735)
     at http_main.c:4768
#7  0x080b9fa4 in startup_children (number_to_start=5) at http_main.c:4850
#8  0x080ba641 in standalone_main (argc=2, argv=0xbffff754) at http_main.c:5169
#9  0x080bae5f in main (argc=2, argv=0xbffff754) at http_main.c:5511
#10 0x400a9bb4 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6

perl -V output:
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 1) configuration:
   Platform:
     osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21-pre1, archname=i486-linux
     uname='linux schwitters 2.4.21-pre1 #13 sun aug 3 19:41:24 pdt 2003 i686 unknown '
     config_args='-de -Dprefix=/usr -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=i486-linux'
     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
     usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
     useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
     use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
   Compiler:
     cc='cc', ccflags ='-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_S
OURCE 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
     optimize='-g',
     cppflags='-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
     ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.2', gccosandvers=''
     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
     ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
     alignbytes=4, prototype=define
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
     libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
     libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
     perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
     libc=/lib/libc-2.3.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version='2.3.1'
   Dynamic Linking:
     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
     cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
   Compile-time options: DEBUGGING USE_LARGE_FILES
   Built under linux
   Compiled at Oct 10 2003 17:14:25
   @INC:
     /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/i486-linux
     /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1
     /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i486-linux
     /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1
     /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
     .