Question

. Digest::SHA1 probems

• TWiki version: dec 2001
• Web server: 1.3.7 apache
• Server OS: windows 2k
• Web browser: ie
• Client OS: windows

using CygWin?

I have tries to get Twiki install under the above conditions. However when I install Digest::SHA1 in cpan it core dumps and hence the registration hangs and I am completely stuck.

Further Details of CPAN failure:

Running test for module Digest::SHA1
Running make for G/GA/GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz
  Is already unwrapped into directory /home/robertmm/.cpan/build/Digest-SHA1-2.0
1
  Has already been processed within this session
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cy
gwin-multi -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose);
$verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t
t/badfile...........dubious
        Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
        test program seems to have generated a core
t/sha1..............dubious
        Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
        test program seems to have generated a core
FAILED--2 test scripts could be run, alas--no output ever seen
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK

Answer

Hmmm, didn't think that '::' was valid in a Wiki word! Wouldn't work on Windows system, i.e. a TWiki bug there...

Anyway - given the problems you are having, you are best off just downloading the attachment to InstallDigestSHA1Fails and following the instructions there to un-tar it into your setup. (cd / and then tar xzvf digest.tar.gz should work). I suspect something weird is happening on your Cygwin setup though, so if you keep having problems you might want to try ActivePerl.

-- RichardDonkin - 29 Nov 2002

Install download from InstallDigestSHA1Fails and got things working. Thanks

-- MartinRoberts - 17 Dec 2002