Question

New install of TWiki 4.1.2 on Linux/Apache system: "configure" page does not come up, Apache error log says "/usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Cwd/Cwd.so: undefined symbol: strlcpy"

$ uname -a

Linux --elided-- 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Aug 15 10:35:26 BST 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.5 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

...

Server startup message is

Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) DAV/2 PHP/5.2.3 mod_jk/1.2.23 configured -- resuming normal operations

By adding print statements to "configure", I see that the Apache error report occurs during execution of the statement 'eval "use $module";' on line 117, when $module has the value FindBin. The statement following (beginning 'if ($@)') is not executed.

I believe I have ensured that all installed Perl modules mentioned on the System Requirements page are at the recommended versions or higher. The version of Cwd is 3.26. If I try to install FindBin, I am told 'The most recent version "1.49" of the module "FindBin" is part of the perl-5.10.0 distribution.'

Does anyone have any ideas of what else to look at?

Thanks.

Environment

-- TWikiGuest - 15 Jan 2008

This just in: a number of similar bug reports have appeared on the web today, after I submitted this entry. It may be due to a bug just introduced into the PathTools module. See for example http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=32296.

-- TWikiGuest - 15 Jan 2008

Answer

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-- PeterThoeny - 02 Mar 2008