[WBEL-users] I hate perl

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Mon Jan 24 00:18:12 CST 2005


On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 22:11 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> needing module DBD::mysql for greylisting...
> 
> #perl -MCPAN -e shell
> <mucho snippage>
> make: *** [dbdimp.o] Error 1
>   /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
> Running make test
>   Can't test without successful make
> Running make install
>   make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
> 
> been here before...
> 
> and amavisd
> # rpm -q amavisd-new
> amavisd-new-2.2.0-3.1.el3.rf
> 
> now the perl fun
> # service amavisd start
> Starting Mail Virus Scanner (amavisd): ERROR: MISSING REQUIRED BASIC
> MODULES:
>   Time::HiRes
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/amavisd line 139.
>                                                            [FAILED]
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was able to fix this by downloading module manually, perl Makefile.PL &
make & make install - YEAH!  (I still hate perl)

above trick didn't work for module (DBD::mysql)

still sucking wind - still hating perl - still looking for stupid perl
tricks to get this to install

Craig



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