[WBEL-users] I hate perl

[Cameron Showalter]

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]
>
>but of course perl-Time-HiRes is installed...
>perl-Time-HiRes-1.38-3
>and you can't delete it...(at least without collateral damage)
># rpm -e perl-Time-HiRes
>error: Failed dependencies:
>        perl(Time::HiRes) is needed by (installed)
>spamassassin-2.64-2.1.el3.dag
>        perl(Time::HiRes) is needed by (installed) amavisd-
>new-2.2.0-3.1.el3.rf
>
>In the past, I've been able to get through some perl problems by
>changing /etc/sysconfig/i18n ...
>LANG="C"
>
>but that's not working for me
>
>Anyone got some stupid perl tricks?
>
>Craig
>
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You may want to try changing the line in /etc/sysconfig/i18n from LANG=C 
to en_US.

or try: export LANG=en_US and try some perl installs.