I have been unable to reproduce this problem again. Please close this call. I would like to thank you for your prompt and patient attention to my requests for help. Much Thanks Rob... >Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 14:22:01 -0500 >To: perlbug-followup@perl.org >From: Rob Dallas <rdallas@chin.gc.ca> >Subject: Re: [perl #20879] Help, unable to install 5.8.0 on Solaris 2.7 > >Just to let you know. I will try the Perl 5.8.0 on Solaris 2.7 again. > >For my project I went ahead and used Perl 5.6.1 which compiled/installed OK >in Solaris 2.7. I did this after I submitted my bug report to you but before >I was asked to test various scenarios. > >To summarize, when I originally tried to install 5.8.0 and received the >error, Perl 5.004 would have been the Perl found in $PATH. When I tried the >commands sent to me to debug this problem, Perl 5.6.1 would have been the >Perl found in $PATH. Further to that, I'm doing this upgrade because the >Perl 5.004 seems to be hosed up (unable to add modules ..(don't ask)). This >would/could be the system difference. > >I will prove/disprove this theory and let you know how I make out. > >Thanks for your time, I appreciate the help. >Rob.... > >At 01:32 PM 2/25/2003 +0000, you wrote: >>On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 11:50:19AM -0500, Rob Dallas wrote: >>> These are the results I got from the commands below. >> >> >>Well, I don't know why, but the problem seems to have gone away. >>A final 'make test; make install' should now work. >> >>> daryl:~/Personal>cd src/perl-5.8.0 >>> daryl:~/Personal/src/perl-5.8.0>./miniperl -Ilib -e 'use File::Basename' >>> daryl:~/Personal/src/perl-5.8.0>./miniperl -Ilib -e 'use File::Basename >>> qw(&base >>> name &dirname)' >>> daryl:~/Personal/src/perl-5.8.0>./miniperl -Ilib -e 'use Config; use >>> File::Basen >>> ame qw(&basename &dirname)' >>> daryl:~/Personal/src/perl-5.8.0>./miniperl -Ilib lib/lib_pm.PL >>> Extracting lib.pm (with variable substitutions) >> >>[snip] >> >>-- >>To collect all the latest movies, simply place an unprotected ftp server >>on the Internet, and wait for the disk to fill.... >>