i got the following error while trying to install spork
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Warning: prerequisite version 0 not found.
Could not eval '
package ExtUtils::MakeMaker::_version;
no strict;
local $VERSION;
$VERSION=undef; do {
use version;our $VERSION = qv('0.0.3');
}; $VERSION
' in lib/Acme/Spork.pm: Can't locate version.pm in @INC (@INC
contains: /etc/perl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at (eval 7) line 7, <FH>
line 12.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 7) line 7, <FH> line 12.
WARNING: Setting VERSION via file 'lib/Acme/Spork.pm' failed
at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 495
Writing Makefile for Acme::Spork
it'd be a gr8 help if som1 could tell me what was wrong.
thanks
Saurabh
On 3/7/06, JupiterHost.Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > use Acme::Spork;
> >
> > print 1;
> > spork(
> > sub {
> > sleep 5;
> > print "child\n"
> > },
> > );
> > print "parent\n";
> >
> > and the standard:
> >
> > my $child = fork ();
> >
> > unless ($child) {
> > sleep 5;
> > print "child\n";
> > }
> >
> > print "parent\n" if $child;
> >
> > fork() only exhibits the behavior you describe if you issue a blocking
> > wait() or wait
>
> Funny, I've always had trouble with fork()s making my browser run and
> run even thought the page was output
> Thats why I was so happy to discover Acme::Spork, I can spork before
> during and after the html output and the browser is done running as soon
> as the htmnl is out put. Plust it *spork*, how cool is that!
>
> I'll play around with it a bit more. Thanks
>
> > What Acme::Spork does is simplify the logic a bit when you want to
> > fork multiple children to do different things. Since fork() creates
> > and exact duplicate of the running process, you end up writing a lot
> > of if block and setting a lot of flags to make your children behave
> > differently. Acme::Spork makes it easier to fork a child to execute a
> > specific bit of code by executing the fork from an external process
> > that contains nothing except your coderef and the few lines of the
> > Acme::Spork code itself. You pass it a coderef and let the module
> > write the if-else block for you.
> >
> > This is very useful, particularly if you're spawning a lot of children
> > for a program with a large resident memory size, but it's just a
> > wrapper for fork().
>
> It also uses POSIX's setsid. Which makes it a triffle different than
> fork().
>
> Its actually the only way I've found to be able to start some loong
> running logging, setup verofier, process and output a webpagewithout the
> browser having to keep running.
>
> Plus it does make it easier to code lots of sporks instead of linearly
> doing the if(fork() ... dance
>
> Sorry for the mistyping, my mail client is wonky ...
>
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