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Date:      Thu, 8 Jul 2004 10:08:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Andrew Nelson <andrew__nelson@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1  - P5-Proc::ProcessTable and other modules not working?
Message-ID:  <20040708100801.A46038@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY18-F37Q68qOaHmBs000171c9@hotmail.com>
References:  <BAY18-F37Q68qOaHmBs000171c9@hotmail.com>

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On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Andrew Nelson wrote:

> I've upgraded from FreeBSD 4.8 to 5.2.1 and have
> noticed a number of script don't work...  One perl
> module i've found so far is:
>
> Proc::ProcessTable.  The subroutines just return
> no result  (even the examples given at CPAN).
>
> Another script (which uses flow-tools) has started
> using an enormous amount of memory.. All versions
> are the same except for actual FreeBSD.
>
> Can anyone help?  Do I need to re-install FreeBSD
> to a lower version?  If so, what version?

You probably need to upgrade your perl version.  5.x doesn't ship with
perl in base, so you are probably getting the old 4.x built-in version.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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