[Dbi-interbase-devel] Re: Can't use DBD::InterBase with Perl 5.8.0

[Dennis M. <de...@ac...>]

Daniel:
I realize I was not clear in stating the problem mostly because I thought 
everybody knew about it. The problem is not in using DBD::InterBase; it is 
in installing DBD::InterBase in the first place.

 From a message posted here on 29 August 2002 by <de...@cl...>:

"DBD-Interbase-0.3 seems to fail to build under perl 5.8.0/DBD 1.3.0/Win2K -
It seems to have something to do with the new perlio interface according to
the build logs.
Not being an expert on either Perlio internals or building DBI extensions it
is a bit difficult for me to hack my way through, so I throught I'd just
post the observation without a cure...."


Likewise, when I try to install DBD::InterBase (0.4), I get the message "cl 
is not recognized as an internal or external command... "

This is on Win2K ( I hasten to say that I am using Win2K, on a separate 
machine, only because I have to provide a Windows implementation of some 
stuff that "really" runs on Linux....), ActiveState Perl 5.8.0, nmake.exe;

Thanks,

Dennis McFall


>please give some details:
>- platform (OS, processor)
>- version of perl (self compiled, activestate, from distro....)
>- DBI version
>- output of perl -V
>- detailed problem description
>- a script that fails (including a .sql to create the database)
>
>this should be enough to track the problem down.
>
>rgds
>-daniel



> > It seems clear that we can't use DBD::InterBase with Perl 5.8.0;  I
> > reinstalled 5.6.1 in order to be able to use it. It seems to me that it
> > _might_ have to do with the multi-threading capability of 5.8.0. In any
> > case, my question: Is there anybody out there who can "fix" it, or will we
> > InterBase/Firebird users be forever limited to Perl 5.6.1?