[oi-dev] Perl 5.34

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 30.06.22 um 16:14 schrieb Gordon Ross:
> After a "pkg image-update" today I see complaints from intrd that it
> can't find these perl modules:
>
> Can't locate Sun/Solaris/Kstat.pm in @INC (you may need to install the
> Sun::Solaris::Kstat module) (@INC contains:
> /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.34/i86pc-solaris-thread-multi-64
> /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.34
> /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.34/i86pc-solaris-thread-multi-64
> /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.34
> /usr/perl5/5.34/lib/i86pc-solaris-thread-multi-64 /usr/perl5/5.34/lib)
> at /usr/lib/intrd line 66.
>
> Did I miss a step?  I looked for a "heads up" but don't see any
> relevant instructions.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 2:53 PM Tim Mooney via oi-dev
> <oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:
>> In regard to: [oi-dev] Perl 5.34, Klaus Ziegler said (at 11:36am on Mar 12,...:
>>
>>> Hi Team,
>>>
>>> it's now quite some time ago, since Tim Mooney has provided the
>>> new perl version 5.34 to oi-userland.
>>> Unfortunately it is still not used for new projects/components, see
>>> postgres-14 :-( , I'm nearly done removing perl versions: 5.22, 5.24
>>> from oi-userland on SPARC. During this process I modified more than
>>> 50 components and noted the changes, I will do my best to get all
>>> these #PRs submitted asap,
>> Those patches are welcome.
>>
>> I had hoped that the right set of steps to just switch OI to perl 5.34
>> would be more straightforward, but they really haven't been.
>>
>> It hasn't helped that I've been very busy with projects for the past
>> couple months.
>>
>> One thing that would help would be if someone could confirm whether the
>> build errors I see for illumos-gate with
>>
>>          https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland/pull/7733
>>
>> occur for others too, or if it's something specific to my environment.
>> Considering how long it takes me to rebuild illumos-gate in my VM build
>> environment every time I test, it's been time-consuming to even get to
>> that point.
>>
>> Note that the removal of 5.22 is also tied to the process to obsolete
>> 32 bit end-user components, at least for things that link to perl.  As
>> we make progress on that project, removing 5.22 becomes a little easier.
>>
>> Tim
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You didn't miss a step. The actual problems are due a failed
illumos-gate build tonight.
We need to fix it and rerun the jenkins job. This will pronably take
another 3 to 4 hours.