This directory contains various perl modules patches - Apache-Session-File-Lock1.54-patch This patch fixs a bug in Apache::Session::Lock::File 'clean' method when it checks lockfiles last access time To apply the patch do (before installing Apache::Session 1.54): $> cd /path/to/src/Apache-Session-1.54 $> patch -p0 < /path/to/Apache-Session-File-Lock1.54-patch Note: Since Apache::Session >= 1.60 has been fixed, isn't necessary to patch it. - PLP-3.18.patch This patch allows you to use directly a global variable $session in your PLP pages. To apply the patch do (before installing PLP 3.18): $> cd /path/to/src/PLP-3.18 $> patch -p0 < /path/to/PLP-3.18.patch However you could use session management even without patching PLP.pm at the cost of a bit of extra code in your CGI scripts. See Apache::SessionManager::cookpod's "Apache::SessionManager WITH PLP" for more info and examples.