Re: Fix for Redhat(?) bug in mod_perl install

1999-12-14 Thread Doug MacEachern

On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Autarch wrote:

> I don't remember if this has been discussed before but anyway.  If you're
> running Redhat 6.0 (and maybe 6.1?) there may be some weirdness when you
> try to install modperl.  Basically, when you go to run make on apache, it
> gives it some -L or -I flags that include libgdbm, because your Perl was
> compiled with this.  However, there is a missing symlink in the /usr/lib
> directory.  Just do the following to fix it:
> 
>  ln -s libgdbm.so.2.0.0 libgdbm.so
> 
> This should probably be added to the guide or something.  The failure
> message you get is the compile failed the sanity check, with no mention of
> libgdbm at all.  It's pretty wacky!

indeed.  I added a sanity check to Makefile.PL that's in the cvs tree for
1.22



Re: Fix for Redhat(?) bug in mod_perl install

1999-12-05 Thread Remi Fasol


> On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Autarch wrote:
> 
> > I don't remember if this has been discussed before
> but anyway.  If you're
> > running Redhat 6.0 (and maybe 6.1?)
> 
> Just this moment installed a RH-6.1 system. It did
> not exhibit this
> problem.


fwiw, my install of RH6.0 didn't have this problem.

remi

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Re: Fix for Redhat(?) bug in mod_perl install

1999-12-05 Thread Tom Mornini

On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Autarch wrote:

> I don't remember if this has been discussed before but anyway.  If you're
> running Redhat 6.0 (and maybe 6.1?)

Just this moment installed a RH-6.1 system. It did not exhibit this
problem.

> there may be some weirdness when you
> try to install modperl.  Basically, when you go to run make on apache, it
> gives it some -L or -I flags that include libgdbm, because your Perl was
> compiled with this.  However, there is a missing symlink in the /usr/lib
> directory.  Just do the following to fix it:
> 
>  ln -s libgdbm.so.2.0.0 libgdbm.so
> 
> This should probably be added to the guide or something.  The failure
> message you get is the compile failed the sanity check, with no mention of
> libgdbm at all.  It's pretty wacky!

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Re: Fix for Redhat(?) bug in mod_perl install

1999-12-04 Thread Stas Bekman

> I don't remember if this has been discussed before but anyway.  If you're
> running Redhat 6.0 (and maybe 6.1?) there may be some weirdness when you
> try to install modperl.  Basically, when you go to run make on apache, it
> gives it some -L or -I flags that include libgdbm, because your Perl was
> compiled with this.  However, there is a missing symlink in the /usr/lib
> directory.  Just do the following to fix it:
> 
>  ln -s libgdbm.so.2.0.0 libgdbm.so
> 
> This should probably be added to the guide or something.  The failure
> message you get is the compile failed the sanity check, with no mention of
> libgdbm at all.  It's pretty wacky!

I have added it already, will show up in a new release.

Thank you for sharing this factoid with us!

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