[rt-users] File::Temp

[James Moseley]

The breaking of File::Temp and Scalar::Util after upgrading Perl on Red Hat-based systems has been discussed quite a few times over the years. With Scalar::Util, the version installed by the upgrade is up to date, but how it's compiled by the package maintainers is the issue. 

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James Moseley

On Dec 29, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Kurt Engle <engle at 4j.lane.edu> wrote:

> Hit it right on the head. 
> 
> Ran the force install Scalar::Util and all is well. 
> 
> How did you know that this was the issue? 
> 
> Kurt Engle
> Network Engineer
> 4J Schools
> 
> 
> From: "James Moseley" <jmoseley at corp.xanadoo.com>
> To: "Kurt Engle" <engle at 4j.lane.edu>
> Cc: "rt-users" <rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 5:05:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [rt-users] File::Temp
> 
> More than likely, the upgrade broke the Scalar::Util perl module.  From a CPAN prompt, do:
> 
> force install Scalar::Util
> 
> This should reinstall the Scalar::Util perl module over what the Redhat upgrade just installed...
> 
> --
> James Moseley
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Kurt Engle <engle at 4j.lane.edu> wrote:
> I just upgraded the Red Hat system that RT 3.8.8 is running on. Upon reboot, RT would not stop and was complaining that my File::Temp was at 0.16 and needed to be at 0.18. So I upgraded to 0.22 and now RT will still not start. The error message in the httpd log is:
> 
> Unknown error\nCompilation failed in require at (eval 2) line 1.\n 
> 
> I have loaded 0.18 and things are still down. 
> 
> Any ideas or any more information needed?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kurt Engle
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