Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:43:43PM +0200, Marek Stepanek wrote: But perhaps this list could help me, to get @INC and $PERL5LIB clean of /sw ... How is it possible, that I have $PERL5LIB set to %ENV: PERL5LIB=/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin in [my .profile] I only have one line:

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread John Delacour
At 11:45 +0100 10/06/2011, David Cantrell wrote: Several fixes come to mind: ... 4. just set PERl5LIB to whatever you fancy after that line. This will, however, mean that you override any changes that may be made to your startup files elsewhere at a later date. What would be the effect

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:34 AM, John Delacour j...@bd8.com wrote: At 11:45 +0100 10/06/2011, David Cantrell wrote: Several fixes come to mind: ... 4. just set PERl5LIB to whatever you fancy after that line.  This will,   however, mean that you override any changes that may be made to your

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread John Delacour
At 10:38 -0400 10/06/2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: What would be the effect of setting a value (or no value) for PERL5LIB in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist? That plist is for setting up environment variables for GUI apps. It has no effect on shell sessions. Obviously I'm missing something.

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread Doug McNutt
At 10:38 -0400 6/10/11, Sherm Pendley wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:34 AM, John Delacour j...@bd8.com wrote: What would be the effect of setting a value (or no value) for PERL5LIB in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist? That plist is for setting up environment variables for GUI apps. It has no

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:11 AM, John Delacour j...@bd8.com wrote: At 10:38 -0400 10/06/2011, Sherm Pendley wrote:   What would be the effect of setting a value (or no value) for PERL5LIB in  ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist? That plist is for setting up environment variables for GUI apps. It

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 04:11:43PM +0100, John Delacour wrote: At 10:38 -0400 10/06/2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: What would be the effect of setting a value (or no value) for PERL5LIB in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist? That plist is for setting up environment variables for GUI apps. It has

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread John Delacour
At 16:47 +0100 10/06/2011, David Cantrell wrote: Are you using Terminal.app? That's a GUI application, so it takes effect, and is then inherited by the shell. Try sshing into your Mac from elsewhere. Right. I ran a script from cgi-bin on my local server and indeed this key was missing.

RE: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread Jan Dubois
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: Yes, but since .profile is evaluated later, whatever it does will override what's set in the plist. Thus, changes in the plist will have no effect on shell sessions that set the same variable. I use this line in my .bash_profile to make sure I use the

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Jan Dubois j...@activestate.com wrote: On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: Yes, but since .profile is evaluated later, whatever it does will override what's set in the plist. Thus, changes in the plist will have no effect on shell sessions that set the

RE: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread Jan Dubois
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: But the question is, should it be done for PERL5LIB? That affects *all* Perls, and if you've included the path to modules compiled for (say) 5.12, but you're running 5.10, those modules won't work. Ah, yes, sorry, lost track of the real topic of the

RE: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-10 Thread John Delacour
At 13:21 -0700 10/06/2011, Jan Dubois wrote: I think a better way to modify your @INC is on a per-installation basis. For Apple's Perl you have the AppendToPath and PrependToPath mechanism... There is no PrependToPath file by default, but you can create one yourself, and all directories listed

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Marek Stepanek
On 09.06.2011 05:38, Sherm Pendley wrote: I'm probably over-cautious, but I never migrate - I always format and make a clean install, then do a clean install of all my apps. I back up my home directory, and copy it over, which preserves all my personal preferences and such. sherm-- Sherm,

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Marek Stepanek marekstepa...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: But perhaps this list could help me, to get @INC and $PERL5LIB clean of /sw ... How is it possible, that I have $PERL5LIB set to %ENV:    PERL5LIB=/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin I only see two files:      

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of June 8, 2011 5:39:57 PM -0400, Sherm Pendley is alleged to have said: Blaming other people for your ignorance is a habit with you, isn't it? Yes, I'm responsible for who *I* send emails to. I'm not responsible for who the list sends emails to. A correctly-configured list will look at

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Daniel Staal dst...@usa.net wrote: Suffice it to say, if someone asks you to not CC them when you send to the list, it's polite not to.  (At least for that discussion.) In general, I'd agree - but I also think it's appropriate to consider the tone reason for

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Marek Stepanek
Thank you Sherm! This is a step in the right direction. But my cpanplus Perl is still broken, with messages like: Unable to create a new distribution object for 'Archive::Tar', although I have no /sw in the %ENV or @INC any more. % perl -V even does not show a %ENV at all. This is

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Vic Norton
I recently installed Fink to see if it had pdffonts. This conversation has scared me; I have uninstalled Fink. I certainly don't want to start looking for Perl modules in /sw. Now I see no PERL5LIB in %ENV. I guess Perl is looking in /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Library/Perl/5.10.0

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread John Delacour
At 16:14 +0100 09/06/2011, Marek Stepanek wrote: Probably I will leave the apple Perl it as it is, and make a new install of perl-5.14.0 under /usr/local That is what I do, so that the two installations are independent. I configure simply like this: cd downloaded_directory ./Configure -de

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Charlie Garrison
Good morning, On 9/06/11 at 4:40 PM +0100, John Delacour j...@bd8.com wrote: One thing to remember, of course, is that to add modules with cpan to 5.14.0 so configured, rather than to Apple's installation, you need to cd /usr/local/bin; sudo ./cpan I haven't followed all of this thread

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Marek Stepanek marekstepa...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Thank you Sherm! This is a step in the right direction. But my cpanplus Perl is still broken, with messages like: Unable to create a new distribution object for 'Archive::Tar', although I have no /sw in the

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Vic Norton v...@norton.name wrote: I recently installed Fink to see if it had pdffonts. This conversation has scared me; I have uninstalled Fink. I certainly don't want to start looking for Perl modules in /sw. Fear is the mind-killer. :-) Understanding what

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Charlie Garrison garri...@zeta.org.au wrote: Good morning, I haven't followed all of this thread (it was digressing there for a while). Would perlbrew be a solution for the OP. I've only been using it a short while but it makes installing and using a custom

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Wayne Brissette
I haven't followed all of this thread (it was digressing there for a while). Would perlbrew be a solution for the OP. I've only been using it a short while but it makes installing and using a custom perl very simple. I installed the preconfigured version from active state recently and was

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-09 Thread Chas. Owens
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 13:22, Sherm Pendley sherm.pend...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Charlie Garrison garri...@zeta.org.au wrote: Good morning, I haven't followed all of this thread (it was digressing there for a while). Would perlbrew be a solution for the OP. I've

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Marek Stepanek marekstepa...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I have a new laptop. Congrats! I have a new iMac, so I know the feeling. :-)        1) The complier 'gcc-4.2' is not in your PATH. Add it        to the PATH and try again. OR        2) The compiler isn't

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread John Delacour
At 16:02 +0200 08/06/2011, Marek Stepanek wrote: ...So, gcc seems to be al right. Is it possible, that the migration assistant has mixed up, 32bit compiled modules with 64bit? Or is there a confusion with the Perl of Fink? Here my Perl: Built under darwin Compiled at Jan 26 2010

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Marek Stepanek
On 08.06.2011 17:31, John Delacour wrote: At 16:02 +0200 08/06/2011, Marek Stepanek wrote: ...So, gcc seems to be al right. Is it possible, that the migration assistant has mixed up, 32bit compiled modules with 64bit? Or is there a confusion with the Perl of Fink? Here my Perl: Built under

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Marek Stepanek
On 08.06.2011 18:03, Melton Low wrote: xCode 4 should have been included with your new Mac. Check in the Optional Application install disc. Mel Not here in Germany :-( In old times there was XCode on the optional installer DVD. Now there are only toys: iDVD, Sound Jingles, iPhoto ...

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:31 AM, John Delacour j...@bd8.com wrote: I think you're going to have trouble until you get rid of everything Fink has installed and everything it's changed in /usr/bin. Fink neither changes nor installs anything in /usr/anything. It's all under /sw. sherm-- --

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread John Delacour
At 17:55 +0200 08/06/2011, Marek Stepanek wrote: gcc-4.2 was installed with the latest XCode 4.0.2 Is Fink installing into /usr/bin ? Or is it a misunderstanding? I have both gcc-4.0 and gcc-4.2 in /usr/bin but gcc points to gcc-4.0. I have Xcode version 3.2.6 and I see in Get Info that

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread John Delacour
At 18:16 +0200 08/06/2011, Marek Stepanek wrote: On 08.06.2011 18:03, Melton Low wrote: xCode 4 should have been included with your new Mac. Check in the Optional Application install disc. XCode 4 is only for bleeding-edge developers. Not here in Germany :-( In old times there was XCode

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Melton Low
xCode 4 should have been included with your new Mac. Check in the Optional Application install disc. Mel On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Marek Stepanek marekstepa...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: On 08.06.2011 17:31, John Delacour wrote: At 16:02 +0200 08/06/2011, Marek Stepanek wrote: ...So, gcc

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Melton Low
I had a similar problem with my new MacBook Pro but I haven't had the time to look into it further. I use MacPort and I ended up deleting everything from MacPort before re-installing everything. As for deleting Perl from /usr/bin that is a VERY BAD IDEA. That came as part of the Apple OS so

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread rd ackerman
On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:33 AM, John Delacour wrote: At 18:16 +0200 08/06/2011, Marek Stepanek wrote: On 08.06.2011 18:03, Melton Low wrote: xCode 4 should have been included with your new Mac. Check in the Optional Application install disc. XCode 4 is only for bleeding-edge developers.

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread John Delacour
At 10:54 -0700 08/06/2011, rd ackerman wrote: On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:33 AM, John Delacour wrote: If it's not on the disk you can get it free from http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/mac/index.action provided you are a member -- and this grade of membership is free. xcode4 is only

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:16 PM, John Delacour j...@bd8.com wrote: I have been thinking so all day after watching the announcement of iCloud, a complete non-happening designed, like everything Apple, for shop-happy groupees.  It is free, up to a point, once you have bought your latest Mac,

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Melton Low softw.d...@gmail.com wrote: I use MacPort and I ended up deleting everything from MacPort before re-installing everything. A pointless exercise - Like Fink, MacPorts doesn't touch /usr. Everything relevant to MacPorts is found under /opt/local.

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread John Delacour
At 15:18 -0400 08/06/2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Melton Low softw.d...@gmail.com wrote: I use MacPort and I ended up deleting everything from MacPort before re-installing everything. A pointless exercise - Like Fink, MacPorts doesn't touch /usr. Everything

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:40 PM, John Delacour j...@bd8.com wrote: At 15:18 -0400 08/06/2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Melton Low softw.d...@gmail.com wrote:  I use MacPort and I ended up deleting everything from MacPort before  re-installing everything. A

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread John Delacour
At 16:17 -0400 08/06/2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: No. I'm saying that there are *many* ways to influence @INC without bothering any files under /usr. PERL5LIB, for one. I'm sure that's very clear to everyone who already knows what you are talking about. Are you saying that by editing

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:20 PM, John Delacour j...@bd8.com wrote: At 16:17 -0400 08/06/2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: PERL5LIB, for one. I'm sure that's very clear to everyone who already knows what you are talking about.  Are you saying that by editing ~/.bashrc or some such file one could

Re: New Perl-Installation on new OS X

2011-06-08 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Marek Stepanek marekstepa...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: offtopicMy new laptop was a not really cheap: 2600 Euros Ouch! At the current rate, that translates to roughly $3800 USD - $1400 more than the highest-price MacBook Pro in the US store. I wonder, how much of that