Re: [MacPerl] A question to Paul (fwd)

[mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning/Metrica)]

According to Paul J. Schinder:
> What version of MacPerl is on the Powerbook?  My guess is you need to
> upgrade it.  libnet works just find on my Powerbook 165 running 7.5.5 and
> MacPerl5.13r2.  I don't think the 7.5.5 is the reason it works; libnet is
> complaining that Socket.pm (plus, more importantly, the C part of Socket,
> which is compiled into MacPerl), is not at version 1.3 or above.  The
> Socket.pm in MacPerl 5.13r2 is version 1.5.
I thought it was 513r2 but I'll have to check it when I get home tonight.  :-)

> You can also try finding the line(s?) in libnet that says "use Socket 1.3"
> and knock off the 1.3 and see if it works.  It might work if the 1.3
> interface hasn't changed radically from the earlier versions.
*nod*  I'll check things out tonight.  Let you know
tomorrow.  :-)  I'll e-mail the update as this really isn't
in-line with the list.  (Sorry about that everyone!)