Re: syntax err in Simple.pm ?

Gisle Aas (aas@bergen.sn.no)
Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:14:23 +0200


In message <9607241611.AA82328@panther.middlebury.edu>, Otis Gospodnetic writes:
> > > syntax error at /home/its/otisg/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTTP/Status.pm line 140,
> > > near "sub status_message ("
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> > > /home/its/otisg/lib/perl5/site_perl/LWP/Simple.pm line 138.
> > 
> > This is because of the new prototype facilities added to recent
> > versions of perl, i.e. you will need perl5.002 or better to use the
> > latest version of libwww-perl.
> 
> well, I do have the latest perl:
> panther:~>perl -v
> 
> This is perl, version 5.003 with EMBED

Are you sure this is the same perl you used above??

>         built under aix at Jul 20 1996 17:12:27
>         + suidperl security patch
> 
> Copyright 1987-1996, 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.
> 
> 
> Is there something else that I'm missing ?

Not that I know about.

Regards,
Gisle