You know your trouble when you cable guy is smarter than your rocket scientist.

You know your trouble when you cable guy is smarter than your rocket scientist.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120322_nasa_teething_troubles_teach_a_dnssec_lesson/

When building RPM for Perl module XML::SAX, make install for XML::SAX fails with Can't locate XML/SAX/ParserFactory.pm error message

Given this %install section in the spec file:

        ...
        %prep
        %global
        %setup
        %build
        /usr/bin/perl/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
        make
        make test
        %install
        rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
        make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT > %{_topdir}/%{name}.install.out
        ...

if you get this error:

        Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7597
        + umask 022
        + cd /users/red/tasks/perl-5.14-for-cel5.03/platform/vendor_perl/perl-XML-SAX/BUILD
        + cd perl-XML-SAX-0.99
        + rm -rf /users/red/tasks/perl-5.14-for-cel5.03/platform/vendor_perl/perl-XML-SAX/BUILDROOT/perl-XML-SAX-0.99-1.i386
        + make install DESTDIR=/users/red/tasks/perl-5.14-for-cel5.03/platform/vendor_perl/perl-XML-SAX/BUILDROOT/perl-XML-SAX-0.99-1.i386
        Can't locate XML/SAX/ParserFactory.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/eman_perl/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/eman_perl /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/vendor_perl/5.14.1/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/vendor_perl/5.14.1 /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/5.14.1/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/5.14.1 /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/vendor_perl/5.14.1/XML/SAX.pm line 18.
        BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/vendor_perl/5.14.1/XML/SAX.pm line 18.
        Compilation failed in require.
        BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
        make[1]: *** [install_sax_pureperl] Error 2
        error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7597 (%install)


        RPM build errors:
            Macro % has illegal name (%define)
            Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7597 (%install)
        make: *** [perl-XML-SAX-0.99-1.i386.rpm] Error 1

You need to add the line ...

        export PERL5LIB=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/vendor_perl/5.14.1

... so your spec looks like this ...

        %prep
        %global
        %setup
        %build
        /usr/bin/perl/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
        make
        make test
        %install
        rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
        export PERL5LIB=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/bin/perl-5.14.1/lib/vendor_perl/5.14.1
        make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT > %{_topdir}/%{name}.install.out

How To Make Ubuntu Apache2 Listen on another port

red@ubuntu:/etc/apache2$ sudo cp ports.conf ports.conf_old
red@ubuntu:/etc/apache2$ vim ports.conf
red@ubuntu:/etc/apache2$ sudo vim ports.conf
red@ubuntu:/etc/apache2$ diff ports.conf ports.conf_old
8c8
< NameVirtualHost *:*
---
> NameVirtualHost *:80
10d9
< Listen 81

dealing with spaces in shell script for loops

SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
for policy in `/usr/SD/bin/nrcmd -r -N doofus -P 1234 policy listnames`
do
        echo "$policy"
done
IFS=$SAVEIFS

Perl cpan module GD make fails with t/GD.t ........ Not a CODE reference ... DynaLoader.pm line 213.

If you are getting these errors when trying to install the CPAN Perl module GD (http://search.cpan.org/~lds/GD-2.46/) ...


make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 ... "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
Not a CODE reference at ... DynaLoader.pm line 213.
END failed--call queue aborted at blib/lib/GD.pm line 213.
Compilation failed in require at t/GD.t line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/GD.t line 14.
t/GD.t ........
Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
Failed 12/12 subtests
Not a CODE reference at ... DynaLoader.pm line 213.
END failed--call queue aborted at ... perl-GD-2.46/blib/lib/GD.pm line 213.
Compilation failed in require at ... perl-GD-2.46/blib/lib/GD/Polyline.pm line 45.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ... perl-GD-2.46/blib/lib/GD/Polyline.pm line 45.
Compilation failed in require at t/Polyline.t line 10.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/Polyline.t line 10.
t/Polyline.t ..
Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
Failed 1/1 subtests

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/GD.t      (Wstat: 512 Tests: 1 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  1
  Non-zero exit status: 2
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 12 tests but ran 1.
t/Polyline.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 2
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 1 tests but ran 0.
Files=2, Tests=1,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.00 sys +  0.04 cusr  0.01 csys =  0.07 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 2/2 test programs. 1/1 subtests failed.
make[1]: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2

... you need run make like so ...

make CCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"