perl5.8 problem?

[Kurt Hillig]

Perl uses '@INC' to hold the list of directories to be searched for 
modules that you might use; the default '@INC' in the MacOSX native Perl 
(on my 10.4 box) is:

/System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/5.8.6
/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Library/Perl/5.8.6
/Library/Perl
/Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6
/Network/Library/Perl
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6
/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Library/Perl/5.8.1

When you install the MacPorts Perl, you get a different @INC (as your 
messages shows); but Files.pm isn't in any of those locations.

I'm no Perl expert, but one workaround is to do something like this to 
your code:

 	use lib '/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Mac';
 	use Files;

(at least on my box, that's where I found Files.pm)

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On Thu, 10 Jul 2008, Shawn Protsman wrote:

> I was using the OS X version of Perl and haven't had any issues. Then
> I installed git-core which has a perl5.8 dependency. Now that the
> Macport perl5.8 is on my system I cannot run some of my perl programs.
> Here is an example:
> @naiad ~/workspace/aestTest] ./aestTest --CbcDec
> Can't locate Mac/Files.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /opt/local/lib/
> perl5/5.8.8/darwin-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /opt/local/lib/
> perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/darwin-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/
> 5.8.8 /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/
> 5.8.8/darwin-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /opt/local/
> lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/File/
> HomeDir/Darwin.pm line 34.
>
> Next, I try to start cpan to install Mac::Files:
>
> @naiad ~/workspace/aestTest] cpan
> CPAN: File::HomeDir loaded ok (v0.80)
> Can't locate Mac/Files.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /opt/local/lib/
> perl5/5.8.8/darwin-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /opt/local/lib/
> perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/darwin-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/
> 5.8.8 /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/
> 5.8.8/darwin-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /opt/local/
> lib/perl5/vendor_perl /Users/sprotsman/workspace/aestTest) at /opt/
> local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/File/HomeDir/Darwin.pm line 58.
>
> Uhg! I'm running Mac OS 10.5.4 and Macports 1.6.0. Any help is much
> appreciated.
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