Looks like my freshly minted perl5.8.2 based vcp.exe is finding an incompatible XSLoader.pm on a test system with a loitering perl5.8.0 install, see below. Renaming C:\Perl works around the problem.
Added to rt. - Barrie Z:\HostShare\VCP>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall Binary build 806 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com Built 00:45:44 Mar 31 2003 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.com/, the Perl Home Page. Z:\HostShare\VCP>.\vcp.exe IO object version 1.20 does not match bootstrap parameter 1.21 at C:/Perl/lib/XS Loader.pm line 91. Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/lib/IO/Handle.pm line 260. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/lib/IO/Handle.pm line 260. Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/lib/IO/Seekable.pm line 101. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/lib/IO/Seekable.pm line 101. Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/lib/IO/File.pm line 117. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/lib/IO/File.pm line 117. Compilation failed in require at -e line 300. Z:\HostShare\VCP>ren c:\Perl Perl.foo Z:\HostShare\VCP>.\vcp.exe This is vcp's text mode interactive user interface. It asks a series of questions and then allows you to save the answers in a configuration file and/or do a conversion based on them. After each question any example free-form input is shown in parentheses. If a default value is available, that is shown in square brackets. You may press 'Enter' to accept the default. For yes/no questions, 'y' or 'n' is sufficient. For non-yes/no multiple choice questions, use the number or enter the entire choice text. vcp may also be provided with all the information it needs on the command line or using a configuration file. To read up on these options, run "vcp help" from the command line after quitting the interactive interface. Source id --------- A symbolic name for the source repository. This is used to organize the VCP databases and to refer to the source repository in other places. Must consist of a leading letter then letters, numbers, underscores and dashes only. Source id?
