From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 14:46:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86FFA16A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:46:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from www6.web2010.com (www6.web2010.com [216.157.5.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D168B43FDD for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:46:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from MLandman@face2interface.com) Received: from delliver.face2interface.com (dialup-wash-129-203.thebiz.net [64.30.129.203] (may be forged)) by www6.web2010.com (8.12.10/8.9.0) with ESMTP id hB3MkYMa012378 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:46:35 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.0.20031203171013.07a923b0@pop.face2interface.com> X-Sender: face@pop.face2interface.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:46:49 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Marty Landman Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: newbie ports question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:46:56 -0000 AFAIK the subject's accurate, best I could do anyway. Here's what I get on /var/log/httpd-error.log when running a program I wrote which works on other webservers (that I didn't set up): [Wed Dec 03 16:29:10 2003] [error] [client 192.168.0.1] Can't locate object method "new" via package "Net::FTP::A" at /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/mach/IO/Socket.pm line 253., referer: http://swamisalami/cgibin/sim3.pl In the course of porting this code to my local sandbox I ran into a compile error stemming from Net::FTP, a Perl package not present on my box. Since I'm ignorant of how to upgrade my Perl install I just kept going to cpan.org and manually installing whatever package sources the compiler complained about until it stopped complaining. It was a pita and turns out not done properly anyhow, or so it seems. If this makes sense then I think where I stand now is that I've broken my Perl install and need to fix it, in particular must reinstall Net::FTP and any of its dependencies. Maybe now's the time I need to actually learn something more about ports than just make build; make install. FWIW I'm running "perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd" under FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE installed (including Perl) from the mini-iso. Marty Landman Face 2 Interface Inc 845-679-9387 Sign On Required: Web membership software for your site Make a Website: http://face2interface.com/Home/Demo.shtml