NAME
perlivp - Perl Installation Verification Procedure
SYNOPSIS
perlivp [-a] [-p] [-v] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The perlivp program is set up at Perl source code build time to test the Perl version it was built under. It can be used after running:
make install
(or your platform’s equivalent procedure) to verify that perl and its libraries have been installed correctly. A correct installation is verified by output that looks like:
ok 1
ok 2
etc.
OPTIONS
| -h help | Prints out a brief help message. |
| -a run all tests | Normally tests for optional features are skipped. With -a all tests are executed. |
| -p print preface | Gives a description of each test prior to performing it. |
| -v verbose | Gives more detailed information about each test, after it has been performed. Note that any failed tests ought to print out some extra information whether or not -v is thrown. |
DIAGNOSTICS
| o |
print # Perl binary ‘$perlpath’ does not appear executable.\n;
Likely to occur for a perl binary that was not properly installed. Correct by conducting a proper installation. |
| o |
print # Perl version ‘$]’ installed, expected $ivp_VERSION.\n; Likely to occur for a perl that was not properly installed. Correct by conducting a proper installation. |
| o |
print # Perl \@INC directory ‘$_’ does not appear to exist.\n;
Likely to occur for a perl library tree that was not properly installed. Correct by conducting a proper installation. |
| o |
print # Needed module ‘$_’ does not appear to be properly installed.\n;
One of the two modules that is used by perlivp was not present in the installation. This is a serious error since it adversely affects perlivp’s ability to function. You may be able to correct this by performing a proper perl installation. |
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print # Required module ‘$_’ does not appear to be properly installed.\n;
An attempt to eval "require $module"failed, even though the list of extensions indicated that it should succeed. Correct by conducting a proper installation. |
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print # Unnecessary module ‘bLuRfle’ appears to be installed.\n;
This test not coming out ok could indicate that you have in fact installed a bLuRfle.pm module or that the eval " require \"$module_name.pm\"; "test may give misleading results with your installation of perl. If yours is the latter case then please let the author know. |
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print # file,+($#missing == 0) ? ’’ : ’s’, missing from installation:\n;
One or more files turned up missing according to a run of ExtUtils::Installed -> validate()over your installation. Correct by conducting a proper installation. |
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print # Perl header ‘$_’ does not appear to be properly installed.\n;
Correct by running h2ph over your system’s C header files. If necessary, edit the resulting *.ph files to eliminate perl syntax errors. |
AUTHOR
Peter Prymmer
