...(locally) re-defining/resetting the die handler using $SIG{__DIE__} does not solve the issue... : nor would it - consider tst.pl and Foo.pm defined as: 
#! /usr/bin/env perl
use warnings;
use strict;

use Foo;

die "Died here";

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package Foo;

local $SIG{__DIE__} = sub { print "Caught in " . __PACKAGE };

sub _die { die };


1;

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When run, tst.pl produces 
$> perl tst.pl
Died here at tst.pl line 7.

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As expected ... by me anyway, since the handler has only been locally re-defined at the lower-level i.e. in the scope of Foo, leaving the handler unchanged at the upper/calling level.

As to your latter question, sadly, I have no experience with mod_perl, so I'm afraid, have nothing to contribute :-((

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))

In reply to Re^3: Disappearing fatal errors and die() with mod_perl2 by Bloodnok
in thread Disappearing fatal errors and die() with mod_perl2 by Farenji

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