[ic] "Byte order is not compatible" from moving sessions 32-bit -> 64-bit?
Jon Jensen
jon at endpoint.com
Wed Aug 12 20:48:21 UTC 2009
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Grant wrote:
> I just moved a catalog from a 32-bit system to a 64-bit system, and I
> noticed this error popping up intermittently in the global error.log:
>
> /page.html Died in server spawn: Byte order is not compatible at
> blib/lib/Storable.pm (autosplit into
> blib/lib/auto/Storable/_retrieve.al) line 380, at
> /usr/local/interchange/lib/Vend/SessionFile.pm line 77
>
> I did some searching on Google and it sounds like it could be caused
> from copying sessions from the 32-bit system to the 64-bit system,
> since I copied the entire catalog across. I'm hoping these disappear
> as the old sessions expire. Just thought I'd mention it in case
> someone else sees the same errors.
Yep, that's the cause.
It's best to delete all sessions when migrating across platforms, and even
now, you could do a find | xargs rm to remove all sessions older than your
new site went live so that visitors with an old session don't get an
error, but get a new session instead.
Jon
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Jon Jensen
End Point Corporation
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