Re: [cobalt-users] Perl killed my GUI

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"kymsabq" <kymsabq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Today I put mod_perl-1.2.6 as a DSO on my RaQ4i and then I compiled and
> installed Perl-5.6.1.  Right after this my GUI Cobalt interface started
> giving me 500 errors.
>
> I'm about ready to tear out the entire GUI and just tweak the pesky beast
by
> hand... but before I do that I thought I'd ask if anyone has a clue as to
> what and why so I can perhaps wrangle thing thing back the way it was and
> keep my new Perl toys.

Bad news.  Perl 5.6 breaks the GUI.  Apparently you can install a number of
Perl modules to make it play nice with the newer version of Perl.  Someone
posted a message (I believe in the last 3 weeks) on one of the Cobalt lists
(likely this one, but could have been cobalt-developers) on how they
overcame the same problem you encountered.  I looked for the message
briefly, but couldn't locate it in my personal archive.  The quick solution,
should you have a time machine handy, is to install the newer Perl in a
different location than the existing Perl and point any scripts that should
run 5.6 to the new perl binary location.

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