On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 16:01 +0100, Steffen Mueller wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> David Abbott wrote:
> > The only difference I can see is between Perl versions;
> >
> > Perl 5.8.8 box (fails)
> > [ebuild R ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r8 USE="berkdb doc gdbm -build
> > -debug -ithreads -perlsuid" 0 kB [0]
> > [ebuild R ] perl-core/ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.22.02 0 kB [0]
> > [ebuild R ] dev-perl/ExtUtils-XSpp-0.08 USE="-test" 0 kB [0]
> > [ebuild N ] dev-perl/wxperl-0.97-r1 0 kB [1]
>
> > xsubpp -v
> > xsubpp version 1.9508
> >
> > Perl 5.10.1 box (ok)
> > [ebuild R ] dev-lang/perl-5.10.1 USE="berkdb gdbm -build -debug
> > -doc -ithreads" 0 kB
> > [ebuild R ] perl-core/ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.22.02 0 kB
> > [ebuild R ] dev-perl/ExtUtils-XSpp-0.08 USE="-test" 0 kB
> > [ebuild R ] dev-perl/wxperl-0.97 0 kB
> >
> > xsubpp -v
> > xsubpp version 2.2202
>
> No idea what output that is. Is ebuild some kind of source package manager?
Yes
>
> The xsubpp version is the clue, I think. It's part of ExtUtils::ParseXS.
> *If* you have ExtUtils::ParseXS 2.22 on both computers, the xsubpp
> versions should be the same. Maybe due to the setup of your vendor (I
> guess these are system perls), the core library is shadowing the
> upgraded ExtUtils::ParseXS/xsubpp?
>
> You can try to:
> - install ExtUtils::XSpp and ExtUtils::ParseXS from CPAN ("sudo cpan
> ExtUtils::XSpp")
> - determine whether there's another xsubpp/ExtUtils::ParseXS that's not
> being found by your shell/perl because it's shadowed by the one you're
> running via "xsubpp -v".
>
> Best regards,
> Steffen
>
Thanks so much this steers me in the correct direction :)
Regards,
David
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David Abbott <[email protected]>
