The perl module Safe::Hole could not be installed

[bizzy]

Being having this message several times over a couple of months. It seems to be installing the latest version but then not finding it. Bewildered.

The email report contains these lines:


Test Run
==============
Safe::Hole object version 0.10 does not match bootstrap parameter 0.13 at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 253.
Compilation failed in require at - line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at - line 1.


Installer Run
==============
< ....>

Manifying blib/man3/Safe::Hole.3pm
/usr/bin/make -- OK
Running make install
Manifying blib/man3/Safe::Hole.3pm
Appending installation info to /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod
/usr/bin/make install UNINST=1 -- OK
perlmod--Install done

 

[JaredR.]

Make sure that you do not have two different Perl binary files installed at /usr/bin/perl and /usr/local/bin/perl. One should be a binary file, and one should be a symlink to the binary. It does not matter which is which, so long as they are not both binary files.

# ls -alh /usr/bin/perl
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 15K Nov  8  2007 /usr/bin/perl*
# ls -alh /usr/local/bin/perl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30  2008 /usr/local/bin/perl -> /usr/bin/perl*

If both happen to be binary files, move one and create a symlink to the remaining binary file in its place. Then run the following command:

# /scripts/checkperlmodules --full

 

[bizzy]

Thank you for your response but no luck. Here is the result of your file check:


root@v4 [/usr/bin]# ls -alh /usr/bin/perl
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 15K Apr 3 2009 /usr/bin/perl*
root@v4 [/usr/bin]# ls -alh /usr/local/bin/perl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug 5 2009 /usr/local/bin/perl -> /usr/bin/perl*


Which presumably shows I only have one binary and it is old (03/04/09)
The checkperlmodules generates the same failure.

 

[JaredR.]

That looks good. Does /scripts/checkperlmodules report any failures? Run this command:

# /scripts/checkperlmodules --full

The output will be very verbose. Near the end there will be a line like this:

Tested 137, 137 ok, 0 failed.

The exact number may vary, but is the number for "failed" higher than 0?

Diagnosing problems with Perl modules can be very involved, because dependencies are often a factor. I recommend submitting a ticket so that we may investigate this directly, especially since you indicated that this has been an ongoing issue.