Hi Dim, The dependency on the Threads package was added in 19-8 (ish).
If you are running on Unix then it isn't actually used, but on Windows it is required. Hope this clears it up. Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Dmitri Colebatch > Sent: 26 March 2007 09:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [scmbug-users] perl threads requirement? > > Hi all, > > I hope I haven't missed something in the doco (I have checked > and double-checked), but it would appear that scmbug requires > perl threads. From the error message (see below), and > limited reading I've done, it looks like this requires a new > perl compile. > > Could someone confirm the requirements for scmbug? Do I need > a threaded perl install, or can I get by without? > > cheers > dim > > ps - why is there a requirement on docbook? I can understand > that the scmbug-doc might need it, but I don't see why the > rest of the RPMs need it. > > error message: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/scmbug-server start > Starting SCM to bug-tracking integration daemon: > scmbug_daemon/usr/share/scmbug/lib/Scmbug/Daemon/Daemon.pm line 27: > > This Perl hasn't been configured and built properly for the > threads module to work. (The 'useithreads' configuration > option hasn't been used.) > > Having threads support requires all of Perl and all of the XS > modules in the Perl installation to be rebuilt, it is not > just a question of adding the threads module. (In other > words, threaded and non-threaded Perls are binary incompatible.) > > If you want to the use the threads module, please contact the > people who built your Perl. > > Cannot continue, aborting. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i686-linux/threads.pm line 28. > Compilation failed in require at > /usr/share/scmbug/lib/Scmbug/Daemon/Daemon.pm line 27. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > /usr/share/scmbug/lib/Scmbug/Daemon/Daemon.pm line 27. > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/scmbug_daemon line 25. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/scmbug_daemon line 25. > _______________________________________________ > scmbug-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.mkgnu.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scmbug-users > _______________________________________________ scmbug-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.mkgnu.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scmbug-users
