On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 09:03:54AM -0000, Markus Vuori wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: perl
>
> Thanks for packaging both Perl and catalyst. However Catalyst is totally
> unusable. Found this showstopper bug:
>
> markus@geek:~$ catalyst.pl foobar
> Weak references are not implemented in the version of perl at /usr/share/perl5/Catalyst.pm line 18
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Catalyst.pm line 18.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Catalyst/Helper.pm line 62.
>
> ** Affects: perl (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Untriaged
> Status: Unconfirmed
>
This cause of this problem has been previously identified, and a fix has
been implemented in the Debian Perl and applied upstream to the actual
Perl sources.
The workaround is to reinstall the module Scalar::Util from CPAN.
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 09:03:54AM -0000, Markus Vuori wrote: perl5/Catalyst. pm line 18 perl5/Catalyst. pm line 18. perl5/Catalyst/ Helper. pm line 62.
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: perl
>
> Thanks for packaging both Perl and catalyst. However Catalyst is totally
> unusable. Found this showstopper bug:
>
> markus@geek:~$ catalyst.pl foobar
> Weak references are not implemented in the version of perl at /usr/share/
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/
>
> ** Affects: perl (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Untriaged
> Status: Unconfirmed
>
This cause of this problem has been previously identified, and a fix has
been implemented in the Debian Perl and applied upstream to the actual
Perl sources.
The workaround is to reinstall the module Scalar::Util from CPAN.
Steve Peters
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