On 8/6/07, vishnu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > VMware while starting uses an exec call to execute its own version of > perl (5.005), But i need to use XML-RPC which does not come with VMware. > When i try to import or use XML-RPC like (require RPC::XML;) i got an error > saying the .pm file was missing.. so i went and added default @INC while > using exec for vmware.... but there's a version problem. > > Error was : Can't modify subroutine entry in scalar assignment at > /usr/share/perl/5.8/subs.pm line 3, near "'1.00';" > > the actual line in subs.pm is (our $VERSION='1.00'); > > > Now is there any version of XML-RPC that supports VMware . > > can anyone help me on this regard on what went wrong...... :( , snip
What is going wrong is the our function does not exist until version 5.6. You are basically hosed. This is the downside to using such an old version of Perl. Here are your options as I see them, in order of preference: 1. if you are paying for support file a ticket with VMWare; it is unacceptable that they are still using 5.005, they need to upgrade to 5.6.2 at least (most of modern Perl will run on 5.6.2) or to release versions of their binary modules that can link with modern Perl (not likely as they would need to support umpteen different distributions of Perl). 2. Write your code as co-processes, one running under 5.8 and a forked copy running under 5.005. Use IPC to pass information between them. 4. Use the command line utilities instead 3. Write the smallest possible code around the VMWare stuff and call it from another script running under 5.8 5. hack the modules you need to work under 5.005. You might also want to read the VMWare support boards. It is unlikely you are the first person to run into this class of problem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
