Paul,

You need to download a fix from Redhat for Perl on version 5.2, the perl
installation/implementation on that release is broken.  I came across this
information while going thru README's for MRTG (Multi-Router Traffic Grapher
which is written almost exclusively in Perl with a smattering of C for
generating the graphs).  This or moving to a newer version of Redhat such as
6.1 or 6.2 are the only workarounds.  If the fix isn't available anymore
(which is highly unlikely) you could download the tarball from www.perl.com
or www.activestate.com and compile a new installation of it.

Hope this helps, 73's

Steve Baetz
MCSE, CNA, CCNA
N2YNQ
FM29

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Hello All,

I am trying to install 'majordomo' under RH 5.2 perl version 5.004_04 and
the makefile fails on the following line #142:

@cd $(TMP);  $(PERL) -p -i -e 's@^#!\S+perl.*@#!$(PERL)@' $(TOOLS)
$(BINBIN) $(BIN)

make install
Testing for perl (/usr/bin/perl)...
Configuring Scripts...
Can't open perl script "-e": No such file or directory
make: *** [config-scripts] Error 2

Can anyone tell me what the above line is looking for? Or what additional
information I need to provide to clarify the problem? The "-e" option is
not finding what it needs to see?

Paul Delaney
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