Hi,

I installed EPIC 0.6.6 and when i try to execute or debug a script, i get this error message:

Fatal: failed to find source perl5db.pl for epic_breakpoints.pm

This is Windows XP
Eclipse 3.2.2
EPIC 0.6.6
Cygwin Perl 5.8.7
PadWalker 1.5

This is Cygwin-specific bug, will be fixed in 0.6.7 (I hope - I have no access to WinXP with Cygwin).

I've got the same problem. Any workarounds?

Test script output:

=== cut ===
$ perl -e 'foreach $t(@INC) {print "Found perl5db.pl in $t!\n" if (-e "$t/perl5db.pl");}'
Found perl5db.pl in /usr/lib/perl5/5.10!
=== cut ===

Environment:
WinXP
Eclipse Helios SR2
Cygwin Perl 5.10.1
EPIC 0.6.40

Sorry, I've found the answer myself: one need to change the preference option:

Preferences → Perl EPIC → Interpreter Type → choose "Cygwin"

See here.

Is your interpreter type set to "Cygwin" in Preferences? What is the output of "mount"? EPIC needs to resolve the Cygwin path "/usr/lib/perl5/5.10/perl5db.pl" into the corresponding Windows path, which might be failing.

jploski, thank you for comment!

I have solved the issue by setting that preference. I suppose EPIC makes the autodetection only at installation time, and I have installed Cygwin after I've installed EPIC.

I have recently installed EPIC perl on Eclipse and I have installed cygwin. Here's my versions and configurations:

- using Windows XP
- cygwin perl version is v5.10.1
- perl5db.pl is in C:\cygwin\lib\perl5\5.10
- in my windows environment, I set path to C:\cygwin\lib\perl5\5.10 and C:\cygwin\bin
- I set the Interpreter Type to Cygwin in Eclipse

When I click Run from Eclipse to run the Perl program, I kept on getting this error:

Fatal: failed to find source perl5db.pl for epic_breakpoints.pm (searched in C:\cygwin\lib\perl5\5.8.8\msys;C:\cygwin\lib\perl5\5.8.8;C:\cygwin\lib\perl5\site_perl\5.8.8\msys;C:\cygwin\lib\perl5\site_perl\5.8.8;C:\cygwin\lib\perl5\site_perl;C:\cygwin)

It seems like it's looking for Cygwin Perl version 5.8.8 but I have Cygwin Perl version 5.10.1 installed. I also specified it in the windows environment path to look for perl5db.pl in C:\cygwin\lib\perl5\5.10.

I have restarted Eclipse many times but it is still looking for perl version 5.8.8.
How do I fix this problem so Eclipse knows where and what version of Perl to use?

Thanks.

Did you enter the correct path to Perl inteprerter in EPIC Preferences?

Yes, I did.

From Eclipse, I select Windows -> Preferences -> Perl EPIC
On the right window, here's my settings:
Perl executable: perl
Interpreter type: Cygwin
(checked) Enable warnings
(not checked) Enable taint mode
(not checked) Enable debugger console(experimental)
(checked) suspend debugger at first statement
Default Web-Start page: http://
(checked) Validate source when idel for 0.4 seconds

if there's another place to set the Perl Interpreter in EPIC Preferences, please advice.

thanks.

If you enter "Perl executable: perl", then you are relying on your PATH environment variable. Maybe it is wrong and therefore picking up the wrong version of the interpreter. You can also try printig $ENV{PATH} from a script to check it.

Thanks for your help.

I have Java installed to Eclipse earlier. And now, I install EPIC Perl.
I checked "Perl executable: perl" from Perl EPIC and it's pointing to the perl.exe from c:\program files\java\jdk1.6.0\bin directory, which is not correct.

I now change Perl executable to point to c:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe and it works fine.

thanks