more strange errors, any ideas:

[Ivan Kohler]

On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 04:53:08PM -0700, Ben Leibig wrote:
> 
> Very often, when searching databases or just sort of almost every other
> operation it seems I get the following error:
> 
> [Fri Feb 26 16:40:13 1999] cust_main.cgi: Use of uniniti
> alized value at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/CGI/Base.pm line 1075.

This is a warning generated by Perl's `-w' switch.  I think I've
eliminated most warnings in the current CVS tree, so if you get any using
the current CVS tree or 1.2.x, please report them.  Otherwise (using 1.1.6
in your case), you should be able to safely ignore them.

> I built a demo customer and tried to bill him, and got these errors.
> 
> [Fri Feb 26 16:42:33 1999] Bill.pm: FS::Bill depriciated

Another warning that I'd appriciate hearing about if you get it with the
current CVS tree or 1.2.x, but can be ignored with 1.1.6.

> [Fri Feb 26 16:42:36 1999] bill.cgi: Can't do bidirectional pipe at
> /usr/lib/per
> l5/site_perl/FS/cust_main.pm line 629.
> [Fri Feb 26 16:42:38 1999] bill.cgi: Error closing : Broken pipe at
> /usr/lib/per
> l5/site_perl/FS/cust_main.pm line 631.

My first guess is that you didn't create the configuration file `lpr' -
see htdocs/docs/config.html
 
> I created  a package and tried to cancel it and got...
> 
> [Fri Feb 26 16:48:38 1999] cancel_pkg.cgi: Can't locate FS/svc_acct.pm in
> @INC (
> @INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.00404 /usr/lib/perl5
> /usr/lib/perl5/s
> ite_perl/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl) at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/FS/cus
> t_pkg.pm line 229.

I couldn't reproduce this; does the file
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/FS/svc_acct.pm exist on your system?

Can you do:

  perl -e 'require "FS/svc_acct.pm";'

?

> and when I add an account to be linked to a package, the computer doesn't
> actually create an entry in the computers /etc/passwd file for the account
> or a home directory or any of that stuff...

Read htdocs/docs/export.html and htdocs/docs/config.html

Freeside is designed to create accounts on *other* machines.
 
> 
> Freeside looks like a great billing system and I am really excited to start
> using it... Just gotta figure out all these little glitches... Any help
> would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the kind words.  HTH.

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