Re: [Fwd: [mv] Re: SW 7.0 & Alpha 4.0 error on make test - WAS: problem with perl on linux i think...]

[Kareef Huggins <xellos@netzero.net>]

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hmm, I don't see anything wrong with just skipping by that step.  it seems to just be that step that crashes on slack 7 for some reason.  I havn't figured out why.  But the catalog works
perfectly after skipping by that step, so i don't worry about it.

Barry Treahy wrote:

> I just downloaded MV4 beta and I'm running into the exact same problems
> I posted about in mid-January but went unanswered.  I'm proceeding with
> the install to play with it anyway.  Same environment as I reported last
> time and included below...
>
> Barry Treahy
>
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> Subject: [mv] Re: SW 7.0 & Alpha 4.0 error on make test - WAS: problem with perl on
>      linux i think...
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 10:08:01 -0700
> From: Barry Treahy <treahy@mmaz.com>
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>
> Humm...
>
> I took the test.pl script and created two versions, one with all the tests except the last and one with
> the last which shuts down the server...  Both work fine independently.  I then took the original test.pl
> script and inserted a ps ax and confirmed that minivend was still out there and running, but still it
> fails....
>
> I'm doing this all with an account that has full root access, though it is not the root account.  For
> kicks, I changed the build directory ownership to my minivend account and attempted the test.pl as the
> minivend account and it still croaks.
>
> I've proceeded with the install even though that the standard make test fails and the server seems to
> startup ok except the ongoing problem with the minivend startup incorrectly using su on Linux; the
> parameters are reveresed.
>
> Barry
>
> Barry Treahy wrote:
>
> > FWIW, I just completed the SW 7.0 installed and loaded 4.0, performed the config and did the make
> > test.    It make it all the way to the server/control test where it did blow with 'not communicating
> > with server' [test_dynamic] error 9.
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > Barry Treahy wrote:
> >
> > > Please let me know what you learn, I'm building a new test system to play with Version 4 and I've
> > > started with SW 7.0 too!
> > >
> > > Barry
> > >
> > > System Administrator wrote:
> > >
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> > > >
> > > > perl is returning an error during configure.  I am using Slackware 7.0, wich comes with
> > > > perl 5.005_03
> > > >
> > > > the error it returns is directly after the line that tests the test.pl script to see if
> > > > the server is running:
> > > >
> > > > server.......ok 1
> > > > not communicating with server
> > > > socket link..make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 29
> > > >
> > > > Does this mean i should download and compile perl myself? I'd like to avoid that (too
> > > > time consuming)
> > > > any help what i need to do to get this working please respond. thanks!
> > > >
> > > > ps. I ran ldconfig after installing perl to update all the modules and whatnot.
> > > >
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