[rt-users] rt and Mac OSX Panther server

[peter.hein at wright.edu]

My adventures with OS X Panther and rt

After a couple of re-installs of the os and variations on compiling and 
installing I come to the list of 
wisdom for guidance. I have read about problems with DBI and DBD perl modules 
with Panther - 
along with lines of threaded versions vs non threaded. I have also read of 
problems using gcc3 
instead of gcc2 when compiling the modules. I have gone through the 
perl/threaded-darwin../ env 
config change. This fixed some issues while breaking others. I was able to 
force install DBI - by 
hand, but it never worked quite right and DBD still never installed. In fact 
for the life of me I can't 
get these two to work in any way. It seems there is a dark road to travel to 
get these components to 
run under Panther.

I have a dual-1.25G4 Panther Server 10.3.2 all updates. I have compile my own 
Apache 1.3.x, and 
installed MySQl 4.x and they work fine. It is this perl issue that keeps 
beating me down. While I 
don't usually noodle under the hood everyday, I don't get lost when I get in 
the trenches - until now 
!?!

Is it worth fighting this battle? I have read, it seems, that most/some people 
have it running on 
10.2.8. Does this make installation easier due to earlier versions of 
software? I don't mind using 
10.2.8 if this issue clear up. I do have a license for Jaguar Server at the 
office.

Peter N. Hein
Wright State University - CaTS - Network Services
Macintosh Software Specialist II
peter.hein at wright.edu
voice: 937.775.4949