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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Unidata Support wrote: > >To: address@hidden > >From: address@hidden > >Subject: ldm-5.0.8 and Perl > >Organization: . > >Keywords: 199908252212.QAA03051 > > > Hi: > > I attempted to install the binary ldm 5.0.8 on an AIX box > (we're running 4.2 even though the ldm release is for AIX 4.3). > Bill, I don't think it's going to run, most releases are not backward compatible. You will probably have to build from src. You will need a posix make or the ar ( library builder ) will not work. > When I attempted (below), I got (below) > > cirrus:/home/ldm> ldmadmin mkqueue > exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program pqcreate because of the following > errors: > 0509-023 Symbol h_errno_which in perl is not defined. > 0509-026 System error: Cannot run a file that does not have a > valid form Side step the perl, execute pqcreate from the command line from ldm home, ie. % bin/pqcreate -q data/ldm/pq -s 100000000 If this works then there is something wrong your version of perl. This is our machine configurations: Digital UNIX V4.0D (Rev. 878); Sun Feb 1 15:52:19 MST 1998 ernie.unidata.ucar.edu.rkambic> perl -v This is perl, version 5.004 Copyright 1987-1997, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit. ernie.unidata.ucar.edu.rkambic> uname -a OSF1 ernie.unidata.ucar.edu V4.0 878 alpha ernie.unidata.ucar.edu.rkambic> m /etc/motd Digital UNIX V4.0D (Rev. 878); Sun Feb 1 15:52:19 MST 1998 Robb... > at. > Aug 25 22:08:34 UTC cirrus.smsu.edu : make_pq: mkqueue failed > > My perl is relatively recent: > > cirrus:/home/ldm> ls -l /usr/local/bin/perl* > -rwxr-xr-x 2 root system 1176711 Feb 05 1999 /usr/local/bin/perl* > -rwxr-xr-x 2 root system 1176711 Feb 05 1999 > /usr/local/bin/perl5.00502 > * > -rwxr-xr-x 1 6170 staff 30528 Feb 05 1999 /usr/local/bin/perlbug* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 26317 Feb 05 1999 /usr/local/bin/perlcc* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 16608 Feb 05 1999 /usr/local/bin/perldoc* > > Any suggestions? > > Bill > > > ________________________________ > > William T. Corcoran Southwest Missouri State University > address@hidden Springfield, Missouri 65804 > (417) 836-5781 Department of Geography > http://cirrus.smsu.edu for my view of the weather > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================