Ingo Thies wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>
>>> Even an update to Perl 5.10 didn't help.
>>>
>> Do you mean updating the system's Perl?  If so, that can result in
>> problems in using fink, as it expects Leopard machines to have 5.8.8.
>
> I can't find any Perl 5.8.8 on Fink, only 5.8.6 and 5.10.0. I hoped
> that 5.10.0 may act as a proper replacement.
You're on Leopard, and that's the built-in version there.  We don't
provide a package that is the same as the system's version.
>
> The origin might be a recent security update by Apple, according to
> some reports on the web. Here are some URLs where the problem is
> mentioned:
>
> http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-5871.html
> http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2009-March/014507.html
>
>
> What I am wondering about is that the error apparently does not only
> occur with Apple's Perl but also with the one from Fink. However, the
> solutions described there seem to require some expert's knowledge that
> I don't have.
>
>> It works for me, even with fink's perl5100 installed.   Can we see
>> exactly what command you're running to get the error?
>
> I have repeated the attempt with two disk images, one is containing a
> freeware application (acting as source), the other is a freshly
> created dummy image (target). Then I type
>
> dsl-81-173-231-81:~ ingo$ sudo psync /Volumes/GraphicConverter/
>
> and get
>
> /Volumes/Disk\ Image/
> Password:
> Can't locate MacOSX/File.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /sw/lib/perl5-core/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /sw/lib/perl5-core/5.10.0
> /sw/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /sw/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0 .) at /sw/bin/psync line 14.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /sw/bin/psync line 14.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ingo
Try using "sudo -s" and then run your command.

-- 
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison


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