auto-reload issue

[Dennis Sutch]

I'm able to successfully use mod_ruby to serve a Ruby script. After I add
the "RubyRequire auto-reload" directive (and restart Apache), changes to my
script are not reflected when I reload my browser. Is there something else
that I need to do (see configuration below)? Does auto-reload work in the
current version of mod_ruby?

Here's what I'm using:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Apache 2.0.46
Ruby 1.8.5
mod_ruby 1.2.6

The important section from httpd.conf file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
SetHandler ruby-object
RubyTimeOut 30
RubyRequire auto-reload
RubyAddPath /var/www/myapp/bin
RubyRequire myapp
RubyHandler MyApp.instance
</VirtualHost>

[Shugo Maeda]

Hi,

Post by Dennis Sutch
I'm able to successfully use mod_ruby to serve a Ruby script. After I
add the "RubyRequire auto-reload" directive (and restart Apache),
changes to my script are not reflected when I reload my browser. Is
there something else that I need to do (see configuration below)? Does
auto-reload work in the current version of mod_ruby?

auto-reload doesn't affect RubyRequire.
It only affects require in Ruby scripts.

For example, the following script reload foo.rb when foo.rb is modified.

test.rbx:
require "foo"
r = Apache.request
r.content_type = "text/plain"
...

Post by Dennis Sutch
<VirtualHost *:80>
SetHandler ruby-object
RubyTimeOut 30
RubyRequire auto-reload
RubyAddPath /var/www/myapp/bin
RubyRequire myapp
RubyHandler MyApp.instance
</VirtualHost>

You have to restart Apache to reload MyApp:(

Shugo

[Dennis Sutch]

Thanks for the response.

Is there something else that I need to do? (see below)

Post by Shugo Maeda
auto-reload doesn't affect RubyRequire.
It only affects require in Ruby scripts.
For example, the following script reload foo.rb when foo.rb is modified.
require "foo"
r = Apache.request
r.content_type = "text/plain"
...

Post by Dennis Sutch
<VirtualHost *:80>
SetHandler ruby-object
RubyTimeOut 30
RubyRequire auto-reload
RubyAddPath /var/www/myapp/bin
RubyRequire myapp
RubyHandler MyApp.instance
</VirtualHost>

I've created a myapp-loader.rb and required that with RubyRequire. The
myapp-loader requires myapp.

In other words: RubyRequire loads myapp-loader.rb, which in turn loads
myapp.rb, which then loads other Ruby scripts. Using this method, should
auto-reload notice changes to any script other than myapp-loader.rb?

Yet, when changes are made to myapp or any of the scripts required by myapp,
those changes do not show up until Apache is restarted. Is there something
else that I may need to do to make auto-reload work?

[Shugo Maeda]

Hi,

Post by Dennis Sutch

Post by Dennis Sutch
<VirtualHost *:80>
SetHandler ruby-object
RubyTimeOut 30
RubyRequire auto-reload
RubyAddPath /var/www/myapp/bin
RubyRequire myapp
RubyHandler MyApp.instance
</VirtualHost>

I've created a myapp-loader.rb and required that with RubyRequire. The
myapp-loader requires myapp.
In other words: RubyRequire loads myapp-loader.rb, which in turn loads
myapp.rb, which then loads other Ruby scripts. Using this method,
should auto-reload notice changes to any script other than myapp-loader.rb?

auto-reload doesn't reload scripts in this situation.
Because top-level require in myapp-loader.rb is called only once.
auto-reload just replace buitin require, so if require isn't called,
nothing happens.

You should place require in the handler method in your MyApp to
reload scripts on each request.

Shugo