On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Gavin Brock wrote:
Anyone else seeing issues with Snow Leopard /usr/bin/perl modules on
64bit hardware?
/usr/bin/perl -MMacPerl -e 1
Can't load '/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-
multi-2level/auto/MacPerl/MacPerl.bundle'
for module MacPerl:
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/
MacPerl/MacPerl.bundle:
no appropriate 64-bit architecture (see "man perl" for running in
32-bit
mode) at
/System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level/
DynaLoader.pm line 207.
at /usr/local/bin/csshx line 237
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/bin/csshx line 237.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/csshx line 237.
This does not appear to be an issue if the /usr/bin/perl5.8.9 perl
is used instead (yup - there are two perls installed on snowy!)
Sadly I'm a poor core-duo (32bit) user so I can't reproduce this -
I'm just receiving bug reports...
Any insights?
Gavin
Because a lot of Carbon is not available in 64-bit, and because
MacPerl and other modules are based on Carbon, they can't be built 64-
bit. Since perl 5.10.0 is 64-bit by default, those modules can't be
loaded.
A 32-bit only machine will work fine, just as using the techniques
mentioned in "man perl" for running in 32-bit mode. However, since
the world is moving to 64-bit, and most of SnowLeopard is already 64-
bit, moving off of modules that depend on non-64-bit software like
Carbon is the long term solution.
Ed
