[rt-users] Strange localization problem (solved)

[Robert Jansen]

> At 12:18 AM 3/04/2003 +0200, Robert Jansen wrote:
> > > Do you get the same issues when displaying rt3.bestpractical.com?
> >
> >No. Even stranger,... when I change the Text Encoding in the browser, The 
> >rt3.bestpractical.com page REMAINS in english !
> >
> >With my setup, my page is redrawn trying to render the Text Encoding which 
> >I choose.
> >(BTW: Japanese(MacOS) looks good, other give gibberish)
> >
> >I can try to update perl modules, maybe an old module from a local 
> >European mirror.
> >I reconfigured my perl CPAN to use the main perl CPAN site only.
> >
> >How do you update in bulk all the installed module in perl ?
> >(searched CPAN and perl, but no clear pointers on this matter).
> >
> >Any pointers appreciated.
> 
> Robert,
>          I had the same problem - but after installing 
> Locale::Maketext-1.04, 1.03 was still installed - and included earlier by 
> Perl! What does:
>          perl -e 'use Locale::Maketext; print $Locale::Maketext::VERSION;'
> tell you?

Indeed, this command gives me version 1.03.
That explains alot !

> 
> perl -V will tell you the layout of your @INC module search path:
> 
>    @INC:
>      /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/sun4-solaris
>      /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0
>      /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/sun4-solaris
>      /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
>      /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl

Exactly the same in my perl install.

> 
> 
> I had to:
>  > cd /usr/local/perl5
>  > find . -name 'Maketext*'
> ./5.8.0/Locale/Maketext.pm
> ./5.8.0/Locale/Maketext.pod
> ./5.8.0/Locale/Maketext
> ./site_perl/5.8.0/sun4-solaris/auto/Locale/Maketext
> ./site_perl/5.8.0/Locale/Maketext
> ./site_perl/5.8.0/Locale/Maketext.pod
> ./site_perl/5.8.0/Locale/Maketext.pm
> 
> and then remove the 5.8.0/Locale/Maketext files (where version 1.03 lived). 
> This fixed my problem. And then the restart of Apache to ensure it didn't 
> have Locale::Maketext cached.

Yes, I removed all this, reinstalled Locale::Maketext from the tarball Sean M Burke send me,
(also reinstalled Locale::Maketext::Fuzzy and Locale::Maketext::Lexicon for good measure)
restarted apache, and.... presto, it works...
English Locale in Safari.

Case closed

The big issue is that Locale::Maketext 1.03 doesn't get replaced when installing version 1.04

> 
> -Brook
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A big thanks to Brook, Jesse and Sean.

I appreciate.


Jansen Robert