Re: 1.5.5: Problem with Convert::ASN1 module and Perl 5.8.0

2003-10-20 Thread Russell Tokuyama
Gerrit, On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:21:26 +0200, Gerrit wrote: >> I noticed that after compiling 5.8.0 from the source distribution >> (5.8.0-5) perldoc fails with an error message about not being able >> to create a temporary file: > >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: 1.5.5: Problem with Convert::ASN1 module and Perl 5.8.0

2003-10-20 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Russell, Am Montag, 20. Oktober 2003 um 21:18 schriebst du: > I noticed that after compiling 5.8.0 from the source distribution > (5.8.0-5) perldoc fails with an error message about not being able > to create a temporary file: > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: 1.5.5: Problem with Convert::ASN1 module and Perl 5.8.0

2003-10-20 Thread Russell Tokuyama
Gerrit, Thanks for the suggestion but I wanted to avoid moving to a new version of Perl since the production application that I'm working on is 5.8.0. I noticed that after compiling 5.8.0 from the source distribution (5.8.0-5) perldoc fails with an error message about not being able to create a t

Re: 1.5.5: Problem with Convert::ASN1 module and Perl 5.8.0

2003-10-19 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Russell, you wrote: > An indicator of trouble is: > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > $ perl -e 'use POSIX;print POSIX::HUGE_VAL, "\n";' > -6.77154008269804e-229 > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > It should be something like:

1.5.5: Problem with Convert::ASN1 module and Perl 5.8.0

2003-10-18 Thread Russell Tokuyama
Hi, Just to let people know that the Perl 5.8.0 binary distribution installed with setup for the Cygwin 1.5.5 distribution has trouble with the Convert::ASN1 package. It wouldn't pass the "make test" and the problem appeared to be Perl reporting something other than Inf for POSIX::HUGE_VAL. I re