The breaking of File::Temp and Scalar::Util after upgrading Perl on Red Hat-based systems has been discussed quite a few times over the years. With Scalar::Util, the version installed by the upgrade is up to date, but how it's compiled by the package maintainers is the issue.
-- James Moseley On Dec 29, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Kurt Engle <en...@4j.lane.edu> wrote: > Hit it right on the head. > > Ran the force install Scalar::Util and all is well. > > How did you know that this was the issue? > > Kurt Engle > Network Engineer > 4J Schools > > > From: "James Moseley" <jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com> > To: "Kurt Engle" <en...@4j.lane.edu> > Cc: "rt-users" <rt-users@lists.bestpractical.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 5:05:35 PM > Subject: Re: [rt-users] File::Temp > > More than likely, the upgrade broke the Scalar::Util perl module. From a > CPAN prompt, do: > > force install Scalar::Util > > This should reinstall the Scalar::Util perl module over what the Redhat > upgrade just installed... > > -- > James Moseley > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Kurt Engle <en...@4j.lane.edu> wrote: > I just upgraded the Red Hat system that RT 3.8.8 is running on. Upon reboot, > RT would not stop and was complaining that my File::Temp was at 0.16 and > needed to be at 0.18. So I upgraded to 0.22 and now RT will still not start. > The error message in the httpd log is: > > Unknown error\nCompilation failed in require at (eval 2) line 1.\n > > I have loaded 0.18 and things are still down. > > Any ideas or any more information needed? > > Thanks, > > Kurt Engle
