Perl 5.8 build failing

Randall Perry listsub at systame.com
Wed Jul 30 08:22:04 PDT 2008


>>>
>>> I'm getting the same error trying the 5.10 install.
>>>   Can't find 'boot_File__Glob' symbol in 
>>> lib/auto/File/Glob/Glob.bundle at
>>> lib/File/Glob.pm line 96
>>>
>>>
>>> Verifed the file was there and the symbol was present:
>>> [xserve1:/opt/local] randy% grep boot_File__Glob
>>>  /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5.10/work/perl-5.10.0/lib/auto/File/Glob/Glob.bundle 
>>>
>>> Binary file
>>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5.10/work/perl-5.10.0/lib/auto/File/Glob/Glob.bundle 
>>>
>>> matches
>>>
>>> Guess no one's got a fix yet?
>>
>> No fix.  Last I heard someone was looking at it.  They've changed the
>> port files a couple of times: an upgrade tried to recompile Perl.  But
>> no luck.
>
> I don't know that anyone is looking at it, until we get more 
> information. For example, I cannot reproduce the problem on my system 
> so I cannot speculate about a fix. Take a look at the ticket and see 
> if you can provide any more information, any hint about what might be 
> different between your system and everyone else's where perl is 
> installing just fine. For example, do you have anything in /usr/local, 
> which often causes problems for MacPorts?
/usr/local is my standard install location. I only use macports when I 
can't build from scratch. My default perl is in /usr/local/.


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