Perl 5.8 build failing

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 30, 2008, at 10:22, Randall Perry wrote:

>>>> I'm getting the same error trying the 5.10 install.
>>>>   Can't find 'boot_File__Glob' symbol in
>>>> lib/auto/File/Glob/Glob.bundle at
>>>> lib/File/Glob.pm line 96
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Verifed the file was there and the symbol was present:
>>>> [xserve1:/opt/local] randy% grep boot_File__Glob
>>>>  /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
>>>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_la 
>>>> ng_perl5.10/work/perl-5.10.0/lib/auto/File/Glob/Glob.bundle
>>>>
>>>> Binary file
>>>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
>>>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_la 
>>>> ng_perl5.10/work/perl-5.10.0/lib/auto/File/Glob/Glob.bundle
>>>>
>>>> matches
>>>>
>>>> Guess no one's got a fix yet?
>>>
>>> No fix.  Last I heard someone was looking at it.  They've changed  
>>> the
>>> port files a couple of times: an upgrade tried to recompile  
>>> Perl.  But
>>> no luck.
>>
>> I don't know that anyone is looking at it, until we get more
>> information. For example, I cannot reproduce the problem on my system
>> so I cannot speculate about a fix. Take a look at the ticket and see
>> if you can provide any more information, any hint about what might be
>> different between your system and everyone else's where perl is
>> installing just fine. For example, do you have anything in /usr/ 
>> local,
>> which often causes problems for MacPorts?
>
> /usr/local is my standard install location. I only use macports when I
> can't build from scratch. My default perl is in /usr/local/.

Then that's probably the problem. We can't support installations  
where things are installed in /usr/local. It just causes lots of  
problems, as you're seeing. Sorry.