jamesarbrown wrote: > Hi, > > I think upgrading the slimserver to Perl 5.16 is going to be a bit of a > time consuming job.... some libraries are old and won't even build with > perl 5.16, new libraries, deprecated functions... yes a task. > > I approached it by installing a closed environment of Perl 5.14 and > leaving the system Perl5.16 alone. > > Approach can be found > www jamesarbrown com / ?p=186 > > As for starting and stopping as a service have not gotten that far, as I > tend to use Monit to just ensure its always up. monit.rc entries are > like > > > Code: -------------------- > > > check process squeezeboxserver with pidfile /opt/slimserver/slimserver.pid > start program = "/opt/Perl5.14/bin/perl -I /opt/slimserver-vendor/CPAN/build/arch/5.14 /opt/slimserver/slimserver.pl --pidfile /opt/slimserver/sli > mserver.pid &" > as uid mythtv and gid mythtv it > stop program = "kill -INT `cat /opt/slimserver/slimserver.pid`" > if failed port 9000 protocol http then restart > -------------------- > > > > Hope it helps someone for now.... seems to me Slimserver needs > bringing upto Perl5.16 and Perl5.16/CPAN embedding with during > install/build, so infuture Perl upgrades do not break. Wonder how many > Linux users there are using slimserver. Needs forking and simplifying > (get rid of mysqueezebox etc).. wish I had more time. > > James
No you understood me wrong. Perl is open source software. So the server should be built against the best compatible Perl version and that version should come bundled as files with the server. Thus, all of this Perl nonsense would be eliminated. A Perl i386 version included would work with the majority of systems, and those using ARM or RISC would obviously still need to compile perl, but the hassle would be eliminated for most users. jarome wrote: > Has Logitech already stopped support of Squeezeboxserver? Those of us > who have invested thousands of dollars and a lot of time in this system > really need updated builds! Yes. The "Squeezbox Radio" is now shipping with a new name and different firmware. The server for this product is not compatible, only runs on Mac & Windows and is said to be a slimmed down version of the Logitech Media Server. It is possible to "upgrade" your Squeezebox Radio to this system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bugmenot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15664 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96492 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
