[Dbix-class] Weird build/test failures on CentOS 3, DBIx::Class .06001

[Matt S Trout]

Gavin Carr wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 02:41:35PM +0100, Matt S Trout wrote:
>> Gavin Carr wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 01:04:33PM +1000, Gavin Carr wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to install DBIx::Class 0.06001 on two CentOS3 (RHEL3) boxes and getting
>>>> some pretty weird test failures. 'perl Makefile.PL' and 'make' both look fine, and
>>>> then 'make test' fails as follows:
>>> No one got any ideas on this? Anyone out there who has successfully
>>> built on CentOS3/RHEL3, or even perl 5.8.0 in general?
>> perl -Ilib -e 'use DBIx::Class::ResultSource::Table; print "Yay\n" if 
>> DBIx::Class::ResultSource::Table->can("new");'
>>
>> might be a start. We really don't have enough information so far to give you a 
>> hint yet ...
> 
> Thanks Matt - that helped:
> 
>   calix$ perl -Ilib -e 'use DBIx::Class::ResultSource::Table; print "Yay\n" if DBIx::Class::ResultSource::Table->can("new");'
>   Weak references are not implemented in the version of perl at lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm line 11
> 
> It turns out that various RedHat Perls omit weak reference support, apparently 
> by omitting the XS version of Scalar::Util, as discussed in the following 
> threads:
> 
>   http://qs321.pair.com/~monkads/?node_id=481322
>   http://qs321.pair.com/~monkads/?node_id=460411
> 
> I tried upgrading to the latest Scalar::Util, but that also barfs with my perl,
> so I think I'm just going to recompile a new perl myself.

Double check your perl's @INC list, RH have a nasty tendency to play with the 
order so if you aren't careful updated stuff in site_perl isn't seen for their 
packages.

Then again, at some stage something almost always makes me throw vendor perls 
out the window in favour of maintaining my own package sets, so don't consider 
this a recommendation against going that route in the slightest :)

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