Kai Schaetzl wrote on Sun, 20 Feb 2005 02:13:45 +0100: > > Install the Storable module. >
Thanks for the other private Mail, Bob. I compared /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/i586-linux-thread-multi/auto/Storable/ with a new system where I applied the SuSE updates first and then used CPAN to install any remaining prerequisites for sa (and was able to make tests without problems). It turns out that the Storable.so (and other .so files) is different. Seems to me that newer Perl versions install compiled API libraries as .so files and don't use the .pm stuff anymore. That's obviously good for performance. It seems the SuSE (or any other vendor Perl update) just contains a lot of .so files and overwrites all those coming with the standard distribution. Some of them are then not "in sync" probably with some CPAN modules or whatever else. This can either be cured by getting the respective .so file from a working system or do a "force install" in the CPAN shell which forces a reinstall and updates the .so file to a version that "fits". (There doesn't seem to be a method to uninstall Perl modules?) This means that whenever a vendor provides a Perl update the chance that some of your installed modules get hosed is great. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com IE-Center: http://ie5.de & http://msie.winware.org
