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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:26:42 +0100
From: Jacek Prucia <jacek.prucia@7bulls.com>
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Subject: Re: module init called twice in 1.3
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:47:35 -0500
Rodent of Unusual Size <Ken.Coar@Golux.Com> wrote:

> Brian Akins wrote:
> > 
> > I've noticed that the module init sometimes gets called twice.  Is this
> > something I'm doing wrong or is this "normal"?
> 
> This is normal (at least for Apache 1.3).  It gets called
> once during config parsing, and again after daemonising
> and right before children start getting forked.  The first
> pass is a sort of 'test run'.
> 
> This would probably be better on the module-writers list,
> apache-modules@Covalent.Net.

Yep, but this question is asked there quite often... I think Ken post: '[apache-modules] First or second pass through init' (which covers this subject in detail) schould be added to 'Apache API notes' or at least FAQ.

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Jacek Prucia
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