[Dxspider-support] PERL Modules

[Dave Court]

Hi
Thanks for all the comments advice etc:
This is how I solved the problem with a tip from EI6CPB who told me that 
PERL scripts compiled within Windows can be a little 'fussy'. He advised 
that for PERL modules that will not install because of errors to use a 
clean /PPM (or other directory). In otherwords to remove everything you 
have in the /PPM directory after the standard install instructions in 
the Spider Installation Manual e.g. the files relating to other PERL 
modules. With the storable.zip file extracted to a clean /PPM directory 
and storable.ppd launched everything then installed nicely! Hope that's 
a useful general tip.

As to copying DB_Files. Firstly, I'm using the same version of PERL on 
both machines. I found I had to copy DB files since my WIN98SE machine 
could not convert a .FUL file with 300,000 entries without falling over. 
On a faster machine everything gets done very quickly and efficiently 
and I haven't experienced a problem. And the copying seems to work!

If anyone is interested I have developed up-to-date IOTA, OBLAST, Irish 
postal rates and Irish call book .FUL DBs compatible with DXSpider. I've 
also converted a few of the other traditional AK1A DBs.

And finally DXQSL works fantastically, a great command!

As a Spider newbie just a few additional questions. I've found 
references to the interface with qslinfo.de and have used the facility 
on GB7MCB but it doesn't seem to function in my build 57.242. Secondly 
the spawn command for the Linux version seems to be a useful facility 
and I guess the full functionality of this command might be difficult to 
reproduce in Windows. However the last cluster software I used had the 
abilty to lauch .BAT and .MAC files from inside the cluster shell. I 
think this would be useful if for example you needed to reboot your 
machine remotely or indeed needed (because of AGW instability) to reboot 
the machine after a set time interval. There's probably also many more 
uses for an external command facility for Windows users. Would this be 
very difficult to achieve using PERL scripts?

Best 73s Dave


Dirk Koopman wrote:
> 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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