SOLVED!!!
To answer Tom's question in his email, I am using the system malloc().
I was preparing to completely remove perl again, and re-install from
scratch for a 3rd time. My definition of removing perl completely is:
removing the compiled perl source code
removing my .cpan subdirectory
removing everything under /usr/local/lib/perl5
I had done this once already, but I was about to do it again to try a
compile using the perl malloc(). The source base that I had been using
was 5.8.7. I decided to pull the perl source code down again from the
web. I discovered that since I had been working this issue, perl 5.8.8
had been released.
I pulled down the 5.8.8 source code, built/tested/installed that, and
spent several hours building modules. What ever the source of my
problems with 5.8.7, they seem to have been resolved with 5.8.8.
As the new code update has appeared to resolve my problem, I also
attempted to find out if I could determine what had changed, and what
had caused my problem between 5.8.7 and 5.8.8. I did not find anything
specifically related to my issue, but I did note that there were
numerous cpan updates and modifications indicated in the Changes files.
I would like to say thank you again to everyone who has replied to my
questions and offered suggestions.
Jerry
Tom Phoenix wrote:
On 3/15/06, Jerry Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> reload index
Out of memory!
Was your perl compiled to use your system's malloc(), or Perl's own?
You can find out with a command like this one:
perl -MConfig -lwe 'print $Config{usemymalloc}'
Whichever you used, if you try recompiling with the other, your "Out
of memory" problems may silently vanish. Then again, maybe not; but it
seems worth a try at this point. Some systems only work properly with
Perl's malloc(), others only with their own.
Good luck with it!
--Tom Phoenix
Stonehenge Perl Training
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