[freeside] Can't locate object method "freeze" via package "FS::dbdef" problem.

[ivan]

Thanks for the excellent bug report.

> the FreezeThaw.pm is installed.

You haven't installed the FreezeThaw package.

> I had a preivious error saying I couldn't find the FreezeThaw.pm module but
> I fixed this by creating a link
> to it FreezeThaw.pm -> /usr/lib/perl5/MLDBM/Serializer/FreezeThaw.pm in the
> @INC path, this seem to have worked

No, that's not FreezeThaw, that's part of the MLDBM package.  You need to
remove that link and install the actual FreezeThaw package.

> but I was wondering if it was possible to add more search paths to the
> above @INC?  is it a file that definds this list, if so where ? 

In a perl script, you can do something like:
  BEGIN { unshift "/path/", @INC; }

There's also an environment variable (PERL5INC?) and a command-line option
IIRC, and you can set the @INC path when you compile Perl.  You probably
just want to leave it alone, however - CPAN installs modules into the @INC
path by default.

> I am using fs-1.2.2 couldn't find the dbi etc versions, but cpan reports
> they don't need up grading.

That should be enough to insure you have the latest versions.

-- 
meow
_ivan


On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 08:58:09PM +1300, John Lynch wrote:
> Hi I am getting the following error while tring to install Freeside:
> Can't locate object method "freeze" via package "FS::dbdef" at
> /usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS/dbdef.pm line 86, <STDIN> chun
> k 2.
> 
> the FreezeThaw.pm is installed.
> 
> perl -V
> Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration:
>   Platform:
>     osname=linux, osvers=2.0.36, archname=i386-linux
>     uname='linux broca 2.0.36 #2 sun nov 29 02:38:59 pst 1998 i686 unknown '
>     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
>     usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
>   Compiler:
>     cc='cc', optimize='-O2', gccversion=egcs-2.91.66 Debian GNU/Linux
> (egcs-1.1.2 release)
>     cppflags='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -D_REENTRANT -DDEBIAN
> -I/usr/local/include'
>     ccflags ='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -D_REENTRANT -DDEBIAN
> -I/usr/local/include'
>     stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=undef, usevfork=false
>     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
>     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
>     alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
>   Linker and Libraries:
>     ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
>     libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
>     libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt
>     libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
>   Dynamic Linking:
>     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
>     cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'
> 
> 
> Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
>   Built under linux
>   Compiled at Jul  7 1999 13:47:33
>   @INC:
>     /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux
>     /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
>     /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux
>     /usr/local/lib/site_perl
>     /usr/lib/perl5
> 
> I had a preivious error saying I couldn't find the FreezeThaw.pm module but
> I fixed this by creating a link
> to it FreezeThaw.pm -> /usr/lib/perl5/MLDBM/Serializer/FreezeThaw.pm in the
> @INC path, this seem to have worked
> but I was wondering if it was possible to add more search paths to the
> above @INC?
> is it a file that definds this list, if so where ?
> 
> I am using fs-1.2.2 couldn't find the dbi etc versions, but cpan reports
> they don't need up grading.
> many thanks.
> 
> 
> John Lynch
> System Administrator
> Wise Net
>