Problems with version 5.8.0 on OS/2

[David Smith]

Is anyone out there running this version of Perl on OS/2? I am trying to
install it (obtained from Hobbes), and am encountering some problems.

I have the following files

perl-5.8.0-bin-aout.zip
perl-5.8.0-bin.zip
perl-5.8.0-core.zip
perl-5.8.0-doc.zip

and am unable to execute programs. I believe my problem is with a
thing called @INC. According to @INC, this version of Perl was built
with a target drive of L:. I want to change this to D:. If I
understand correctly, the PERLLIB_PREFIX statement placed (as one
option) in the config.sys (which I have done) should override the
prebuilt target drive with one of my choosing. I have "set
PERLLIB_PREFIX = L:/Perl/lib;D:\Perl\lib" in my config.sys. Entering
"set" at a command promt verifies this. However, this doesn't work.

Suggestions? Recommendations? Thank you.
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[Ilya Zakharevich]

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David Smith

Is anyone out there running this version of Perl on OS/2? I am trying to
install it (obtained from Hobbes), and am encountering some problems.

I have the following files

perl-5.8.0-bin-aout.zip
perl-5.8.0-bin.zip
perl-5.8.0-core.zip
perl-5.8.0-doc.zip

and am unable to execute programs. I believe my problem is with a
thing called @INC. According to @INC, this version of Perl was built
with a target drive of L:. I want to change this to D:. If I
understand correctly, the PERLLIB_PREFIX statement placed (as one
option) in the config.sys (which I have done) should override the
prebuilt target drive with one of my choosing. I have "set
PERLLIB_PREFIX = L:/Perl/lib;D:\Perl\lib" in my config.sys. Entering
"set" at a command promt verifies this. However, this doesn't work.

Automatic installer should have set this for you. With wrapping of
your post, it is hard to understand whether your set statement is
correct. PERLLIB_PREFIX is not case-sensitive, so this should not be
the problem, though. Please report your @INC and the value of
$ENV{PERLLIB_PREFIX}.

Note also that 5.8.2+ has much better handling of PERLLIB_PREFIX; keep
in mind, though, that the configuration failes for the binary
installer on CPAN is botched, and the replacement sits in a wrong
directory. ;-( Use ilyaz.org/software/tmp/plINSTAL-fixed.zip instead.

Hope this helps,
Ilya

 

[Bart Lateur]

Is anyone out there running this version of Perl on OS/2? I am trying to
install it (obtained from Hobbes), and am encountering some problems.

I have the following files

perl-5.8.0-bin-aout.zip
perl-5.8.0-bin.zip
perl-5.8.0-core.zip
perl-5.8.0-doc.zip

and am unable to execute programs. I believe my problem is with a
thing called @INC. According to @INC, this version of Perl was built
with a target drive of L:. I want to change this to D:. If I
understand correctly, the PERLLIB_PREFIX statement placed (as one
option) in the config.sys (which I have done) should override the
prebuilt target drive with one of my choosing.

That's not what I read. From the README:

Set the Perl environment variables, the most important of which
is PERL_LIBPATH. Its format is build/path; install\path. For
example:

set PERL_LIBBATH = L:/Perl/lib; X:\Perl\lib;

where X is the drive on which you install Perl. This can be done
either in config.sys or at a command prompt.

So: you seem to be setting the wrong environment variable for this
effect.

 

[Ilya Zakharevich]

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Bart Lateur

That's not what I read. From the README:

Set the Perl environment variables, the most important of which
is PERL_LIBPATH. Its format is build/path; install\path. For
example:

Unless this build is completely broken, this is just bullshit. See

view perl perlos2

for details.

Hope this helps,
Ilya

 

[Bart Lateur]

Unless this build is completely broken, this is just bullshit.

No need to yell at me, I have nothing to do with all this. Just go and
see for yourself,

<http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?dir=/pub/os2/dev/perl>

Get one of the binary distributions, and look at the README.

All I did was quote.

Now go yell at the person who made that distribution, if you must.

 

[Ilya Zakharevich]

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Bart Lateur

No need to yell at me, I have nothing to do with all this.

Com'on, you call *this* yelling?! Just you wait... ;-)

Sorry if you took this as being a missile in your direction (although
now I understand how you got this impression ;-(). In fact it was not
an invective at all; consider it as a statement of the relation of the
statement of README to the reality (or what the reality should better
be).

Just go and see for yourself,

Having written this code, and having written the documentation about
how things work, I'm not much interested. ;-)

Yours,
Ilya