At 12:14 AM +0200 7/12/03, Dr. Martin P.J. Zinser wrote: > > > >Can't cd to (perl_root:[lib]/) switch: invalid argument > > > at makefile.pl line 240
> How do I track down what Perl is really trying to do here? Try $ perl -d Makefile.PL to run in the Perl debugger (assuming you haven't overridden the default configuration including this capability). More info at: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perldebtut.html >Incidentally >perl_root:[lib]/ does look kind of weird, doesn't it? Yes, it's a mix of VMS syntax and unix syntax, which is definitely not allowed. >MMK test actually indicates that the build went ok, good advise! > > >Now the second part of the question: Anybody already had a look at >DBD::MySQL? I've got the server build fine and running and now would like to >connect to it using Perl... I have not tried this module but other DBD modules work fine on VMS. You'll have to see what method it uses to locate the MySQL libraries. It may do that in a configuration file or in a parameter passed to the Makefile.PL. Also, check for compatible compiler flags. There's a possibility you'll have to rebuild Perl with the same compiler flags, such as for the /NAMES qualifier, whatever floating point support MySQL uses, and probably some other things that aren't coming to mind at the moment. > > Hmm. We're neighbors. I work at 500 W. Madison. Are you going to > > the technical update out in the burbs next week? > >Actually I do. Shold we stick our heads together with Mr. Freeware CD to >see if we can get a nice collection of Perl Modules on there for V6? That would be great. I'll scan the name tags to see if I can spot you. -- ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad Leithauser
