On Wednesday 30 July 2008 03:32:26 Andrey Falko wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Daniel D Jones > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone have a clue as to what would cause the following error: > >>>> Install sdl-perl-2.1.3-r3 > > > > into /var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/sdl-perl-2.1.3-r3/image/ category dev-perl > > WARNING: Can't figure out install path for types: arch lib > > Files will not be installed. > > > > The package is already installed, so it succeeded at one time, but > > revdep-rebuild wants to reinstall it and it keeps failing. I believe the > > above is the issue, but I'll paste the full output from the installation > > attempt below. There is also this error: > > > > Error: 'GLint' not in typemap in OpenGL.xs, line 2099 > > > > but the process appears to continue after that and I don't _think_ that's > > causing the ultimate failure. > > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------ > > > > # emerge sdl-perl ... > > * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack > > if relevant. > > * A complete build log is located > > at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/sdl-perl-2.1.3-r3/temp/build.log'. > > * The ebuild environment file is located > > at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/sdl-perl-2.1.3-r3/temp/environment'. > > * > > # > > Can you give us the output of emerge --debug sdl-perl ? Can you verify > that you can successfully install other perl apps like perl-tk or > something else in the dev-perl category?
Actually, this gave me just the clue I needed to solve the problem. I tried to install another package from dev-perl and got complaints that it was trying to overwrite a file in perl5.10.0. I've manually installed perl 5.10 so that I can use the nifty new features but left perl 5.8.8 as the default version on the system. (When I want to use 5.10, I put a shebang line in the script pointing to that executable.) Poking about on the system for a bit revealed that /usr/bin/perl pointed to 5.8.8 but somehow /usr/local/bin/perl was pointing to 5.10. I don't know why that caused the issue, or even why there's a perl executable in both places, but fixing that resolved the issue. Thanks for the assistance.
