[pca] problem with pca 20091210-01

[Martin Paul]

Hi Dennis,

Dennis Clarke wrote:
> The most recent pca release causes an error on Solaris 8 servers thus :
> 
> # /export/medusa/dclarke/build/pca/pca/bin/pca -f $PCA_FROMFILES -l
> missing > /export/medusa/root/pca_data/$MACHINE/patch_report_missing
> Can't locate File/Temp.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris /usr/perl5/5.00503
 > ...

You're right, I can reproduce the problem here. The File::Temp module 
which I started to use in pca 20091210-01 is not included with the 
standard perl in Solaris 8.

I switched to using internal functions instead of File::Temp in the 
current development release of pca (20091215-01), so it works with older 
perl versions again. A new official release including the fix will be 
published in the next days.

> I am suggesting that the pca script be tested on Solaris 8 baseline
> systems before release and I have a farm of servers here if you need
> access.

Actually I do have a Solaris 8 machine in my own test machine farm, but 
as there are no new patches for this OS release (unless one has vintage 
support), I've been only testing it sporadically and missed out on that 
issue.

Thanks for the report!

Martin.