[rt-users] Debian/Linux: [error] Unknown exception abbreviation 'compilation_error' at /usr/share/perl5/HTML/Mason/Exceptions.pm line 91

[Simon J. Hernandez]

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Marco Davids wrote:


[...]

> I run an unstable Debian/Linux and apt-gettet request-tracker3 today
> (version 3.0.4-4). I can't start Apache anymore, if I Include the
> apache-modperl.conf file in httpd.conf. I get the following error:
>
> Starting web server: apache[Wed Oct  8 15:04:55 2003] [error] Unknown
> exception abbreviation 'compilation_error' at
> /usr/share/perl5/HTML/Mason/Exceptions.pm line 91.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/HTML/Mason/Interp.pm
> line 19.
> Compilation failed in require at
> /usr/share/perl5/HTML/Mason/ApacheHandler.pm line 255.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /usr/share/perl5/HTML/Mason/ApacheHandler.pm line 255.
> Compilation failed in require at
> /usr/share/request-tracker3/libexec/webmux.pl line 45.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /usr/share/request-tracker3/libexec/webmux.pl line 51.
> Compilation failed in require at (eval 7) line 1.

[...]

I may be able to only address part of your problem.

I just completed an initial installation on a Debian testing/unstable
system (2.4.21-5-686-smp).  When I went the apt-get route, I clearly noted
that the install was incomplete, with several essential components missing
(namely most of /opt/rt3).

Consequently, I did a manual install after downloading the source and
configuring according to the README and Draft Manual[1].  It is absolutely
necessary to run the perl sbin/rt-test-dependencies part, which I don't
believe the apt-get process can fully handle.  It is unlikely, if you have
not used RT before (I had not) that the dependencies will be fully met.
cpan is your friend here.

I used the perl sbin/rt-test-dependencies thingy and piped that to grep
for MISSING, as it saves you the time of wading through the verbose output
of the script.

Hope this helps somehow.



Simon


1.  http://bestpractical.com/rt/draftmanual.pdf

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