Old versions of Storable were more fussy about version mismatch than newer ones. So I think on this occasion you do need to upgrade Storable on clients and servers.
Tim. On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 05:30:43PM -0700, Douglas Smith wrote: > > Hello All- > > I manage a use of a DBI proxyserver to give people access to a local > database worldwide, and I would like to update the proxy server to > use perl 5.8.0 and the latest DBI and related modules. > > But after I have done this on a test server, and try to connect from an > existing client, I get this error: > > Cannot log in to DBI::ProxyServer: Storable binary image v2.6 more recent than I am > (v2.4) > at blib/lib/Storable.pm (autosplit into blib/lib/auto/Storable/thaw.al) line 355 > > Since I also upgraded the Storable module along with the DBI. > > Does this mean I have to insist that all remote clients have to upgrade > right away to be able to keep using the server? Shouldn't Storable be > backward compat. enough that this is not needed? That a client with > an older version of Storable should be able to use a server with a newer > version of Storable? > > I hate to have to make everyone who wants to continue use, go and track > down the versions of various modules and re-install and upgrade. I was > hoping to upgrade to support the use of newer versions of perl and > modules without insisting that current older versions that are working > also need to upgrade. > > Am I stuck, is there a way around this? > > Douglas > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Douglas A. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Office: Bld 280, Rm 157 (650)926-2369 > -----------------------------------------------------------
