In message <https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=168195765101827&w=1> I described an amd64 system which, after a 7.1-->7.2-->7.3 set of upgrades, now has the perl Term::ReadPassword library inconsistent with the system perl.
Jeremy Mates <jeremy.ma...@gmail.com> asked > Does the code error in the same way after the Term::ReadPassword package > is removed, thus indicating that maybe a `cpan` run installed the module > outside the OpenBSD package system? Good idea, but no. If the package is removed I get the expected failure that perl can't find the package: # pkg_delete -vv !$ pkg_delete -vv p5-Term-ReadPassword Running /usr/sbin/makewhatis -u /usr/local/man -- /usr/local/man/man3p/Term::ReadPassword.3p p5-Term-ReadPassword-0.11p2: ok Read shared items: ok Clean shared items: ok /dev/sd1g on /usr/local: -18737 bytes # /tmp/foo Can't locate Term/ReadPassword.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Term::ReadPassword module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/libdata/perl5/site_perl/amd64-openbsd /usr/local/libdata/perl5/site_perl /usr/libdata/perl5/amd64-openbsd /usr/libdata/perl5) at /tmp/foo line 4. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /tmp/foo line 4. # Andrew Hewus Fresh <and...@afresh1.com> wrote: > This usually happens when an XS module is installed outside of the > package ecosystem, often with a CPAN client. > > I would guess this error is Term::ReadLine::Gnu > https://metacpan.org/pod/Term::ReadLine::Gnu I've never used the CPAN client (I always install CPAN perl modules "manually" via 'perl Makefile.PL'; 'make'; 'make test'; 'doas make install', and follow dependency chains manually). And I've never installed Term::Readline::Gnu. But I do see that I installed the p5-Devel-NYTProf package, and maybe that dragged in some conflicting library? But deleting that package doesn't change the error I'm getting. Hmm, since I have another -- fully working 7.3/amd64 system with what should be the identical set of perl modules and packages, maybe comparing recursive directory listings and/or file contents of the perl @INC directories between the working and broken systems would be informative. I'll try that..... Thanks to both of you for your suggestions! ciao, -- -- "Jonathan Thornburg [remove -color to reply]" <dr.j.thornb...@gmail-pink.com> on the west coast of Canada, eh? "Now back when I worked in banking, if someone went to Barclays, pretended to be me, borrowed UKP10,000 and legged it, that was `impersonation', and it was the bank's money that had been stolen, not my identity. How did things change?" -- Ross Anderson
