On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:09:33PM -0400, Ron Pero wrote:
> Greetings
> 
> I've just downloaded and installed libnet-1.0704.
> A script that always worked before now fails.
> 
> This is the error message:
> The getpwuid function is unimplemented at
> c:\Perl\site\5.005\lib/Net/Config.pm line 47

The eval should catch that. Do you have a SIG{__DIE__} handler installed ?

> Lines 46 and 47 are:
> if ($< == $> and !$CONFIGURE)  {
>     my $home = eval { (getpwuid($>))[7] } || $ENV{HOME};
> 
> I am running NT 4.
> 
> Where does $CONFIGURE get defined?

It is set during the install of libnet, during normal usage it will
always be false

> Any thoughts on how to avoid this error, besides ditching NT 4?

:)

Graham.

> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ron

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