Re: [MacPerl-AnyPerl] Re: Perl Starmapping

["Richard L. Grubb" <richard.l.grubb@boeing.com>]

Ronald J Kimball wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 02:23:16PM -0700, Brian McNett wrote:
> > >syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 1, next 2 tokens "use ExtUtils"
> > >syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 6, next 2 tokens
> > >"WriteMakefile("
> > >
> > >But I have /opt/perl5/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm and /opt/perl5/lib/ is
> > >the second pathname in @INC. Line one in Makefile.PL is:
> > >
> > >use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
> > >
> > >What is wrong?
> >
> 
> > At an rate, check both the version of Perl and MakeMaker, as there may be
> > a mismatch there (but I'm really just grasping at straws.  You need a
> > REAL Perl guru to answer your question).
> >
> > Real Perl guru?  What's your take.
> 
> I agree with your assessment.  The syntax error with 'use' means that
> the script is being executed under perl4 rather than perl5.
> 
Yes. I shamefacedly must confess that I should have used perl5 on our
system. The makefile has been created ok now.
-- 
Richard L. Grubb
Boeing Wichita

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