Make sure you also have Crypt::CBC installed.
How compatible with perl 5.003 is MacPerl?
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Support Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, wes wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have been investigating/searching all of the dev-list, biz-op list,
> macperl lists for the past three weeks to be able to claim that I have
> done so before making my personal requests known. I would like to create
> a thread regarding the installation of the opensrs software and
> adaptations to work within the MacOS running under Macperl and Webstar
> which seems to be somewhat absent from discussion lists.
>
> Here is what I have learned/achieved so far from my investigations:
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> 1) installed MacPerl from www.macperl.com
> 2) downloaded and installed the cpan-shell into macperl in order to
> install future modules
> 3) using the cpan shell/macperl I installed Crypt:Blowfish_PP (which
> ended up in my site_perl folder inside another folder labeled "Crypt" as
> Blowfish_PP.pm -- by the way the PP stands for Pure Perl)
> 4) using the cpan shell/macperl I installed MD5 from cpan (which ended
> up in my site_perl folder as MD5.pm)
> 5) ok, so far so good... especially when I check for systax errors
> within Macperl and get "syntax ok"
> 6) using the latest stuffit expander (available through download.com) I
> unstuff the opensrs.tar.gz modules and templates
> 7) using BBedit (again available through download.com) I open each file
> within the opensrs folder and "remove gremlins" (I found this feature in
> BBedit under the Edit Menu) and "remove Line Feeds" then resaved each
> file. (note: there was a mention somewhere that macperl uses "returns"
> following each line instead of "linefeeds", so I thought this might
> help)
> 8) again using BBedit I opened the opensrs.conf file and replaced the
> appropriate folder locations (remember to use : instead of / in this
> step!) and saved to the cgi-bin folder within webstar
> 9) opened the reg_system.pl file within macperl and resaved as a cgi
> file BUT gave it the suffix .acgi (note: I guess this supposedly allows
> other programs to work simulateaously while this script is "running") So
> now I also have a reg_system.acgi file within my cgi-bin folder within
> webstar.
> 10) I opened the main_menu.html file and changed {{cgi}} in the form tag
> to point to the reg_system.acgi file within webstar
> (http://www.mydomainname.com/cgi-bin/reg_system.acgi)
> 11) using my favorite browser (i.e. IE) I entered the url of this last
> file into the url (remember its...
> http://www.mydomainname.com/cgi-bin/reg_system.acgi)
> 12) the main_menu.html file is displayed!
> 13) I enter a weird domain name for availability
> 14) and get...."insufficient data error"
>
> I'm stuck... please help keep this thread/topic going so us Macperl
> folks will have more to go on!
>
> -Wes
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