Question
Trying to install 4.1 and when I connect to bin/configure an internal error is displayed, and the error logs show:
"Perl v5.8.0 required--this is only v5.6.1, stopped at (eval 3) line 3.
"
Have not had any issues installing TWiki 4.0 in this same shared hosting environment, which has Perl 5.6.1. TWiki system requirements page indicates Perl "5.005_03 or higher".
Environment
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LianeRoditi - 20 Jan 2007
Answer
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This is a bug that unfortunately slipped into the 4.1 release, I just filed
Bugs:Item3476.
Fix: Edit the
configure
script and change the 'require' number to:
eval 'require 5.00503';
die $@ if $@;
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PeterThoeny - 20 Jan 2007
Thanks Peter. I realize 4.1.0 just got released, but do you have a target date for 4.1.1?
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LianeRoditi - 20 Jan 2007
Not yet. You can get involved in the
TWikiCommunity to learn.
ReadmeFirst to get started.
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PeterThoeny - 21 Jan 2007
Above change was made, however I now get the following when trying to access configure:
Argument "" isn't numeric in numeric lt (<) at /big/dom/xacsa_admin/www/committee/wiki/lib/TWiki/Configure/Checker.pm line 207.
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LianeRoditi - 21 Jan 2007
Possibly a bug. Could you try this and let us know: Change
''
to
'0'
in line 204 of the configure script:
203: eval '$mod_version = $'.$mod->{name}.'::VERSION';
204: $mod_version ||= '0';
205: $mod_version =~ s/(\d+(\.\d*)?).*/$1/; # keep 99.99 style only
206: use strict 'refs';
207: if ($mod_version < $mod->{minimumVersion}) {
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PeterThoeny - 22 Jan 2007
Be careful about this. The change to the perl version was quite deliberate, and not a "bug". TWiki is
untested on perl versions before 5.008, and if you want to use it on these versions I'm afraid you are currently on your own.
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CrawfordCurrie - 24 Jan 2007
Please note that the change to the perl version did not follow the
TWikiRelease04x01Process, hence it is considered a bug.
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PeterThoeny - 24 Jan 2007
TWiki 4.1.2 will be released in the next few days; it will support again Perl 5.6.1.
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PeterThoeny - 02 Mar 2007