On Nov 30, 2005, at 5:57 PM, James Harvard wrote:
Attempting to either install DBI (using cpan or running make etc
myself) or build my own copy of Perl from source (when running
Configure) I get an error from the ld tool.
I've applied the "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3" patch to /
System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Config.pm ,
which seemed to fix the DBI installation problem for many people.
Mac OS 10.3.9, with Apple's developer tools installed (default
installation - assume I don't need the other stuff).
The full explanation can be found in the archives:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/macosx@perl.org/msg07563.html>
In a nutshell, some files may be missing if you do a "clean" install
of Panther & its bundled developer tools. There a variety of upgrade
paths that can result in these files still being present from an
older install, so the problem doesn't bite everyone.
The solution is to go to Apple's developer site <http://
developer.apple.com> and download the latest Panther Xcode package.
To install from source I was following the instructions at http://
developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/perl.html
Those instructions are *way* outdated, and not very useful even for
Jaguar. Simply following the standard build instructions and
accepting all of the defaults is the best way to a trouble-free install.
sherm--
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