Re: Socket errors

Gisle Aas (aas@oslonett.no)
Fri, 10 Nov 1995 10:47:58 +0100


> Thanks Tom,
>   I installed your Socket package and made the following changes to
> package LWP::Protocol::http.pm
> 
> I commented out  require LWP::Socket and replaced it with 
> use Socket 1.3;
> 
> and then changed 
> my $socket = new LWP::Socket;
> to
> my $socket = new Socket;
> 
> the net result is a new error <grin>

You should not do this.  "LWP::Socket" is something (almost) completely 
different from "Socket".  "Socket" is not a replacement for "LWP::Socket", but 
is needed for "LWP::Socket" to work.

> Any ideas other than installing Perl5.001m <sigh>?

Why don't you want to install this perl?

> and would that actually fix it if it is a Linux problem?

It is not a Linux problem.

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Gisle Aas                               <aas@oslonett.no>
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