Normally a user is not supposed to see the hashed name. The reason for seeing it is either an internal error or a problem with the path in the message. I would rather tend to consider the latter and recommend checking existence of the directories in the path and their permissions.
Best regards, Vadim Belman > On Nov 5, 2019, at 7:15 PM, Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm treating this as a test of the process, reporting the problems > created, so that the process can be fixed. Merely hacking up a > solution might give me a better functioning installation, but it would > leave the problem for everyone else. > > The unfriendly filenames are really an additional issue. Ordinarily, > they shouldn't be visible to users, but they complicate reporting and > fixing. > > On 11/5/19, William Michels <w...@caa.columbia.edu> wrote: >> In a previous installation location, have you tried grepping for: >> "91857A0CE92503F53D56DEBB6F633402878D0FF0" >> >> ...and copying it over to your new 'dist' directory? >> (/home/guru/rakudo/rakudo-star-2019.07.1/install/share/perl6/site/dist/) >> >> The 'dist' directory appears to keep track of modules by version >> number, so I don't believe the string you posted is the "SHA1" hash >> name of the Linenoise module per se. I'm assuming this, because the >> zef command: >> >>> mbook:~ homedir$ zef --sha1 locate >>> 91857A0CE92503F53D56DEBB6F633402878D0FF0 >> >> ...fails to locate the long string you posted. >> >> I'm assuming all these file names are generated by zef. The warning >> already tells you which module the filename pertains to (Linenoise), >> so I guess I'm not understanding the problem. You can locate the your >> Linenoise module using the command below, and work from there. >> >>> mbook:~ homedir$ zef locate Linenoise >> >> HTH, Bill. >> >> REFERENCE: https://github.com/ugexe/zef >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 2:15 PM Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> After a few difficulties caused by subtly different paths and version >>> identification (like -n vs .n for sub-version ids) the download and >>> installation appears to have worked, but trying the REPL produced the >>> following error message: >>> >>> "I ran into a problem while trying to set up Linenoise: Failed to open >>> file >>> /home/guru/rakudo/rakudo-star-2019.07.1/install/share/perl6/site/dist/91857A0CE92503F53D56DEBB6F633402878D0FF0: >>> No such file or directory >>> Continuing without tab completions or line editor" >>> >>> I assume that horrendous filename is a SHA hash if some sort. To >>> whoever is involved with that part of the system, is there any chance >>> of generating shorter filenames to make understanding and >>> communication easier? >>> >>> On 11/5/19, William Michels via perl6-users <perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote: >>>> Thank you Patrick! >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 8:52 AM JJ Merelo <jjmer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks a lot, Patrick. >>>>> >>>>> El mar., 5 nov. 2019 a las 14:28, Patrick Spek via perl6-users (< >>>>> perl6-us...@perl.org>) escribió: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've seen people ask about 2019.07.1 in multiple avenues, myself >>>>>> included. Since there was little response, I've set out to build it >>>>>> myself. The first results have been made, with a PR on the Rakudo >>>>>> Star >>>>>> repository to fix a number of issues. >>>>>> >>>>>> Additionally, I've uploaded the 2019.07.1 tarball to my servers for >>>>>> people to test[1]. Those looking for a newer version can download >>>>>> this >>>>>> variant, and see if it works for them. If anyone spots any issues, >>>>>> please let me know, either through this mailing list, the GitHub >>>>>> repository[2] or the GitLab repository[3]. I'm trying to track all of >>>>>> these places, and try to resolve all issues people find. >>>>>> >>>>>> I plan to also release a 2019.10 version of Rakudo Star before the >>>>>> end >>>>>> of this year, but whether that's viable depends on the number of >>>>>> severity of the issues people may find. >>>>>> >>>>>> I hope we can continue the Rakudo Star releases on a regular basis in >>>>>> 2020! >>>>>> >>>>>> [1]: https://dist.tyil.nl/raku/rakudo-star/ >>>>>> [2]: https://github.com/rakudo/star >>>>>> [3]: https://gitlab.com/tyil/rakudo-star/ >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With kind regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Patrick Spek >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> www: https://www.tyil.nl/ >>>>>> mail: p.s...@tyil.nl >>>>>> pgp: 1660 F6A2 DFA7 5347 322A 4DC0 7A6A C285 E2D9 8827 >>>>>> >>>>>> social: https://soc.fglt.nl/tyil >>>>>> git: https://gitlab.com/tyil/ >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> JJ >>>>> >>>> >> >