[Dxspider-support] PERL Modules

[Dirk Koopman]

Try perl 5.6.1 build 635 from the download area on activestate. I
believe this has Storable built in. You do seem to have to load the
DB_File.ppd though (and it complains as well but still seems to work).

In general it is a bad plan to move DB_File databases from one machine
to another ESPECIALLY if you are using different versions of perl.
DB_Files are notoriously incompatible from version to version and perl
vendors silently change DB_File versions between releases.

This is why it is always possible to rebuild DB_Files like the users
file or DXQSL from the source or dumped ascii data.

Dirk

On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 01:17, Dave Court wrote:
> Hi All
> My first posting - I'm a new user of DXSpider but have been using
> other cluster node software for about 18 months. I'm using Windows OS 
> and have run into problems with PERL. I have an old version of PERL
> as described below:
> 
> "This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
> 
> Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall
> 
> Binary build 629 provided by ActiveState Tool Corp. 
> http://www.ActiveState.com
> Built 12:27:04 Aug 20 2001"
> 
> To this I added the ppd modules referenced in the installation
> text and I have two very nice cluster nodes running on Wndows 98SE and
> XP Pro. I use XP to configure databases etc and then copy them across
> my LAN to the WIN98SE box on which the 'real' cluster sits.
> 
> The problem is this. I have tried to install the SH/DXQSL database
> using the PERL plug in - storable.ppd. This installed fine on the XP
> machine but produces installation errors on the 98SE machine.
> Another PPD file (log-agent.ppd) obtained from the same source would
> not install at all and is apparently not of the same vintage as my PERL 
> binary build.
> 
> Does anyone have copies of PERL ppd modules needed for DXSpider (recent 
> and future deveopments) that will work with my PERL version on the 
> WIN98SE OS? If so I would be grateful if they could be attached to an Email.
> 
> Seems to be great software. Sorry I'm not a LINUX convert - yet!
> 
> 73s Dave
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