Excellent, that does it: thanks!
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Leffler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: dbi-users
Subject: Re: Installing DBD::File via CPAN
Do you use 'UNINST=1' in the build options for CPAN? If not, try it...
On 7/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I built this directly from source. The older version seems to have come
when I
installed DBI (again built from source) so it seems like the newer
version
doesn't default to installing into the same place, perhaps?
Paul
Quoting "Reidy, Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I do not believe it is a good idea to delete a module in the module
tree.
> There are (several?) lists of modules stored somewhere in the lib
> directory.
>
> I am not really sure how you have 2 different File.pm - I have only 1
under
> the site_perl directory.
>
> Did you build Perl from source, or install via a RPM or binary distro?
>
> -----------------
> Ron Reidy
> Lead DBA
> Array BioPharma, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:00 AM
> To: dbi-users
> Subject: RE: Installing DBD::File via CPAN
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> After a little tracking down I realized what's happening, but I can't
quite
>
> pick out why. There are two versions of DBD::File in my tree one at:
> /db2blast/Paul/perl5.8.7/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/aix/DBD (v0.33)
> and one at
> /db2blast/Paul/perl5.8.7/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/DBD (v0.34)
>
> This was a fresh build of perl, and all modules were updated/installed
via
> the
> CPAN module so I wasn't expecting to get myself confused with multiple
> versions
> like so. Any ideas where I may have gone wrong? Or, for that matter,
am I
>
> safe just deleting File.pm from the aix subdirectory?
>
> Many thanks,
> Paul
>
>
> Quoting "Reidy, Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >:
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > Did you check the timestamp of the new .pm and/or .so? Maybe the
> internal
> > $VERSION variable was not updated by the module author.
> >
> > -----------------
> > Ron Reidy
> > Lead DBA
> > Array BioPharma, Inc.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Boutros [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:52 AM
> > To: dbi-users
> > Subject: Installing DBD::File via CPAN
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a small-but-weird problem. When I install the 0.34 release
of
> > DBD::File via CPAN it seems to make/test/install properly but... it
just
> > doesn't stick. The installation seems to stay at 0.33. I also get
when
> I
> > download directly and do the make/test/install myself. Here's the
> session
> > to show what I mean. Any ideas what might be going on? This is
Perl
> 5.8.7
> > on AIX 5.2.0.0
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > $ perl -v
> >
> > This is perl, v5.8.7 built for aix
> >
> > Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall
> >
> > Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic
License or
> > the
> > GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source
kit.
> >
> > Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be
found on
> > this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access
to
> the
> > Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home
Page.
> >
> > $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
> > Terminal does not support AddHistory.
> >
> > cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)
> > ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')
> >
> > cpan> r
> > CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> > Going to read /db2/dlink/.cpan/Metadata
> > Database was generated on Mon, 04 Jul 2005 19:58:56 GMT
> >
> > Package namespace installed latest in CPAN file
> > DBD::File 0.33 0.34
> > J/JZ/JZUCKER/DBD-File-0.34.tar.gz
> > 118 installed modules have no parseable version number
> >
> > cpan> install DBD::File
> > Running install for module DBD::File
> > Running make for J/JZ/JZUCKER/DBD-File-0.34.tar.gz
> > CPAN: Digest::MD5 loaded ok
> > CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
> > Checksum for
> > /db2/dlink/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JZ/JZUCKER/DBD-
File-0.34.tar.gz ok
> > Scanning cache /db2/dlink/.cpan/build for sizes
> > x DBD-File-0.34
> > x DBD-File-0.34/MANIFEST, 142 bytes, 1 media blocks.
> > x DBD-File-0.34/META.yml, 340 bytes, 1 media blocks.
> > x DBD-File-0.34/t
> > x DBD-File-0.34/t/00base.t, 96 bytes, 1 media blocks.
> > x DBD-File-0.34/Changes, 233 bytes, 1 media blocks.
> > x DBD-File-0.34/lib
> > x DBD-File-0.34 /lib/DBD
> > x DBD-File-0.34/lib/DBD/File.pm, 19878 bytes, 39 media blocks.
> > x DBD-File-0.34/README, 352 bytes, 1 media blocks.
> > x DBD-File-0.34/Makefile.PL, 524 bytes, 2 media blocks.
> > Removing previously used /db2/dlink/.cpan/build/DBD-File-0.34
> >
> > CPAN.pm: Going to build J/JZ/JZUCKER/DBD-File-0.34.tar.gz
> >
> > Checking if your kit is complete...
> > Looks good
> > Writing Makefile for DBD::File
> > cp lib/DBD/File.pm blib/lib/DBD/File.pm
> > Manifying blib/man3/DBD::File.3
> > /usr/bin/make -- OK
> > Running make test
> > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /db2blast/Paul/perl5.8.7/bin/perl
> > "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib',
'blib/arch')"
> > t/*.t
> > t/00base....ok
> > All tests successful.
> > Files=1, Tests=1, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.03 cusr + 0.04 csys = 0.07
CPU)
> > Target "test" is up to date.
> > /usr/bin/make test -- OK
> > Running make install
> > Writing
> >
/db2blast/Paul/perl5.8.7/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/aix/auto/DBD/File/.packlist
> > Appending installation info to
> > /db2blast/Paul/perl5.8.7/lib/5.8.7/aix/perllocal.pod
> > /usr/bin/make install -- OK
> >
> > cpan> q
> > Terminal does not support GetHistory.
> > Lockfile removed.
> > $ perl -MDBD::File -e 'print $DBD::File::VERSION'
> > 0.33$
> > $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
> > Terminal does not support AddHistory.
> >
> > cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)
> > ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')
> >
> > cpan> r
> > CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> > Going to read /db2/dlink/.cpan/Metadata
> > Database was generated on Mon, 04 Jul 2005 19:58:56 GMT
> >
> > Package namespace installed latest in CPAN file
> > DBD::File 0.33 0.34
> > J/JZ/JZUCKER/DBD-File-0.34.tar.gz
> > 118 installed modules have no parseable version number
> >
> > cpan> q
> > Terminal does not support GetHistory.
> > Lockfile removed.
> > $ perl -v
> >
> > This is perl, v5.8.7 built for aix
> >
> > Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall
> >
> > Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic
License or
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kit.
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found on
> > this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access
to
> the
> > Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home
Page.
> >
> > $ oslevel
> > 5.2.0.0
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