mythweb.pl only loads handler.pl once when using mod_perl

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Because mod_perl reuses the same perl interpreter at times, the line

require "modules/$Path[0]/handler.pl";

only loads handler.pl once (the first time the code is reached), instead of every time the code is processes. As a result, calls after the first one yield nothing.

In addition, calling CORE::exit in handler.pl causes Apache to return an error. I recommend using a "goto" instead.

I'm attaching some recommended changes against Revision 15494.

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Patch for handler.pl/mythweb.pl

[Rob Smith]

FYI Sub, attaching patches with an extention of .diff or .patch causes them to be displayed really nicely and allows quick auditing much easier.

[xris]

Actually, I can't do this. The whole reason for the CORE::exit call was because apache/mod_perl holds onto the stream process (in this case ffmpeg) even if the browser closes the session early, which eats up RAM and CPU resources.

However, after seeing your requested changes and realizing this, I've decided that the mod_perl code isn't ready for proper release, so I'll be removing it shortly.

[xris]

(In [16074]) vaguely related to #4514, remove all mod_perl references because this handler, and the streaming setup in general, aren't quite ready to work with mod_perl. closes #4514