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FS#7776 - dvd::rip looks for Perl files in wrong location

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Joao Ricardo de Mendonca (hokstein) - Saturday, 11 August 2007, 03:36 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 19:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Kieslich (tobias)
Architecture i686
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08 Don't Panic
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: dvd::rip 0.98.6 gave the following message when I tried to start it:

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[root@myhost perl5]# dvdrip
Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/dvdrip line 17.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/dvdrip line 17.
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Following advice from the forum, I created a symlink in /usr/lib/perl5 named 5.8.8 and pointing to /usr/lib/perl5/current, and now dvd::rip is able to start.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 19:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 19:57 GMT
sounds like the famous pacman perl bug, reinstalling perl should solve this issue too.
closing now

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