Is anyone on the list using "formmail" CGI script on their RH Apache implementations?

[Jim Maul]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:54:54 -0500, Sebastijan Petrovic wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've been using FormMail (well known, I'm sure) CGI script on my Apache
>>servers for 5-6 years and never had a problem.
>>
>>I recently upgraded from RH9 to FC2 and FormMail no longer works.
>>Rather, I keep getting 500 errors on the server.
>>
>>I tested the script from command line and it's fine, the path to the
>>script is good as well as the permissions.
>>
>>When I review error_log for Apache it shows Premature end of script
>>headers: FormMail.pl
>>
>>I wonder if the issue is a version of the Perl, on FC2 it's version 5.9
>>and on RH9 I run 5.8.
> 
> 
> Premature end of script headers is a topic covered in quite a detail by
> the Apache FAQ. Start trouble-shooting with the information provided
> there, as there are several reasons why a script can fail with that
> error.
> 

I had this happen to me (different perl script) when my perl was 
installed in a different directory than what was stated on the first 
line of the script. Perhaps that is the problem.  It could be many other 
things tho..

-Jim