[Chicago-talk] Problem with installing DBI.pm under SCO

[Emil Janev]

Hi,

First, I am fan of "ppm" way of installing of modules. With CPAN.pm under Windows I haven't
have any issue too ( I am using Active State Perl 5.8.0 ). Only issue I had was DBD::Oracle,
but I ended up with DBD::ODBC. 

A use SCO box, with OpenServer 5.0.5 ( I cannot change this fact :-( ).
Perl is installed as a Skunkware package ( ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/ ). It
is actually the latest version available from there.

$ perl -v
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-sco

I have been using it for text processing and small admin tasks. For other tasks I am using
one  on my Win PC.

I finally added direct access to the internet from this SCO box, so I was lucky that I can
use CPAN.pm.
I installed several packages without a problem ( Bundle::libnet among others).

The problem appeared with "DBI.pm", actually "T/TI/TIMB/DBI-1.14.tar.gz" ( as newer ones were
requiring at least perl 5.006 ).

Here are the problems reported:

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Manifying blib/man3/DBD::Multiplex.3
Manifying blib/man3/DBD::ADO.3
  /udk/usr/ccs/bin/make  -- OK
Running make test
        PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/local/lib/
perl5/5.00503/i386-sco -I/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503 -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&
runtests $verbose); $verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t
t/basics......Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for module DBI: dynamic lin
ker: /usr/bin/perl: OpenServer binary cannot load Gemini shared object: blib/arc
h/auto/DBI/DBI.so at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-sco/DynaLoader.pm line 16
9.

 at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/basics.t line 17.
t/basics......dubious                                                        
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
t/dbidrv......Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for module DBI: dynamic lin
ker: /usr/bin/perl: OpenServer binary cannot load Gemini shared object: blib/arc
h/auto/DBI/DBI.so at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-sco/DynaLoader.pm line 16
9.

 at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/dbidrv.t line 2.
t/dbidrv......dubious                                                        
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
t/examp.......Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for module DBI: dynamic lin
ker: /usr/bin/perl: OpenServer binary cannot load Gemini shared object: blib/arc
h/auto/DBI/DBI.so at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-sco/DynaLoader.pm line 16
9.

 at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/examp.t line 4.
t/examp.......dubious                                                        
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
t/meta........Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for module DBI: dynamic lin
ker: /usr/bin/perl: OpenServer binary cannot load Gemini shared object: blib/arc
h/auto/DBI/DBI.so at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-sco/DynaLoader.pm line 16
9.

 at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/meta.t line 17.
t/meta........dubious                                                        
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
t/proxy.......Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for module DBI: dynamic lin
ker: /usr/bin/perl: OpenServer binary cannot load Gemini shared object: blib/arc
h/auto/DBI/DBI.so at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-sco/DynaLoader.pm line 16
9.

 at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182.
t/proxy.......dubious                                                        
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
t/shell.......Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for module DBI: dynamic lin
ker: /usr/bin/perl: OpenServer binary cannot load Gemini shared object: blib/arc
h/auto/DBI/DBI.so at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-sco/DynaLoader.pm line 16
9.

 at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/DBI/Shell.pm line 74.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/shell.t line 29.
t/shell.......dubious                                                        
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
t/subclass....Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for module DBI: dynamic lin
ker: /usr/bin/perl: OpenServer binary cannot load Gemini shared object: blib/arc
h/auto/DBI/DBI.so at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-sco/DynaLoader.pm line 16
9.

 at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/DBI.pm line 182.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/subclass.t line 63.
t/subclass....dubious                                                        
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
FAILED--7 test scripts could be run, alas--no output ever seen
*** Error code 2 (bu21)
UX:make: ERROR: fatal error.
  /udk/usr/ccs/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

cpan>
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Any information / advice is welcome. 

Thanks a lot,
Emil


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