#19706: gnc-fq-dump (GnuCash) invokes Apple Perl, not MacPorts Perl ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: from.macports@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.7.1 Keywords: | Port: gnucash ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- gnucash installs four Perl scripts in ${prefix}/bin to install and administer gnucash's use of the perl Finance::Quote module. Following the instructions at GnuCash manual "8.6.3.1. Installing Finance::Quote": <http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/guide/invest-stockprice1.html#invest- stockprice-auto2> I ran: {{{ % sudo gnc-fq-update Password: CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.19) Going to read /Users/jdlh/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Tue, 19 May 2009 23:26:58 GMT LWP is up to date (5.826). Date::Manip is up to date (5.54). HTML::Parser is up to date (3.60). HTML::TableExtract is up to date (2.10). Crypt::SSLeay is up to date (0.57). Finance::Quote is up to date (1.16). }}} But the corresponding check failed: {{{ % gnc-fq-dump /opt/local/bin/gnc-fq-dump cannot find all the Perl modules needed to run. You need to install the following Perl modules: Finance::Quote HTML::TableExtract Crypt::SSLeay Date::Manip Use your system's package manager to install them, or run 'gnc-fq-update' as root. }}} I believe the cause of the bug is that the file gnc-fq-dump is invoking the wrong Perl interpreter. It's asking for /usr/bin/perl, the standard Apple Perl interpreter with the standard Apple libraries. The other gnc- fq-* tools invoke /opt/local/bin/perl -w , the Perl and libraries installed by MacPorts. {{{ % head -1 gnc-fq-* ==> gnc-fq-check <== #!/opt/local/bin/perl -w ==> gnc-fq-dump <== #!/usr/bin/perl ==> gnc-fq-helper <== #!/opt/local/bin/perl -w ==> gnc-fq-update <== #!/opt/local/bin/perl -w }}} I know very little about Perl and MacPorts, but in a bit of searching I didn't see an easy way to change the @INC path of /usr/bin/perl to include the MacPorts libraries. Thus it seems to me that the perl interpreter path in gnc-fq-dump should be changed to make its first line {{{ #!/opt/local/bin/perl -w }}} instead of #!/usr/bin/perl . -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19706> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS