Bug #7007 Perl DBD-mysql-2.9004 module won't install on RedHat Enterprise
Submitted: 4 Dec 2004 15:27 Modified: 5 Apr 2005 21:33
Reporter: Philip Mak Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version: OS:
Assigned to: Bugs System CPU Architecture:Any

[4 Dec 2004 15:27] Philip Mak 
Description:
I think DBD-mysql-2.9004 might be broken on RedHat Enterprise systems.

[root@animelyrics DBD-mysql-2.9004]# perl Makefile.PL
I will use the following settings for compiling and testing:

  cflags        (mysql_config) = -I/usr/local/mysql/include -mcpu=pentiumpro
  libs          (mysql_config) = -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lz -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv
  nocatchstderr (default     ) = 0
  nofoundrows   (default     ) = 0
  ssl           (guessed     ) = 0
  testdb        (default     ) = test
  testhost      (default     ) = 
  testpassword  (default     ) = 
  testuser      (default     ) = 

To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and
'perldoc INSTALL'.

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Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmysqlclient
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Using DBI 1.32 installed in /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI
Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql
[root@animelyrics DBD-mysql-2.9004]# make
Makefile:89: *** missing separator.  Stop.

How to repeat:
Perform "perl Makefile.PL" and "make" on a RedHat Enterprise system after extracting the DBD-mysql-2.9004 tarball.
[5 Jan 2005 17:27] Aleksey Kishkin 
Testing on 
cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 2)

DBD-mysql-2.9004 $ perl Makefile.PL
I will use the following settings for compiling and testing:

  cflags        (mysql_config) = -I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql -mcpu=pentiump ro
  libs          (mysql_config) = -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lcr ypt -lnsl -lm -lz
  nocatchstderr (default     ) = 0
  nofoundrows   (default     ) = 0
  ssl           (guessed     ) = 0
  testdb        (default     ) = test
  testhost      (default     ) =
  testpassword  (default     ) =
  testuser      (default     ) =

To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and
'perldoc INSTALL'.

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Multiple copies of Driver.xst found in: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linu x-thread-multi/auto/DBI/ /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-mult i/auto/DBI/ at Makefile.PL line 295
Using DBI 1.46 (for perl 5.008 on i386-linux-thread-multi) installed in /usr/lib /perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/
Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql
[6 Jan 2005 0:42] Philip Mak 
I found out what causes the problem. If you have the LANG environment variable left at the factory default, it'll interpret things as Unicode and it causes the bug. But if you have LANG set to a null value (maybe some other settings work too) then the bug won't occur.

Here's someone else who had the same bug:
http://www.webservertalk.com/message595781.html
[6 Jan 2005 11:19] Aleksey Kishkin 
akishkin@quadxeon DBD-mysql-2.9004 $perl Makefile.PL
I will use the following settings for compiling and testing:

  cflags        (mysql_config) = -I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql -mcpu=pentiumpro
  libs          (mysql_config) = -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lz
  nocatchstderr (default     ) = 0
  nofoundrows   (default     ) = 0
  ssl           (guessed     ) = 0
  testdb        (default     ) = test
  testhost      (default     ) = 
  testpassword  (default     ) = 
  testuser      (default     ) = 

To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and
'perldoc INSTALL'.

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Multiple copies of Driver.xst found in: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/ /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/ at Makefile.PL line 295
Using DBI 1.46 (for perl 5.008 on i386-linux-thread-multi) installed in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/
Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql
akishkin@quadxeon DBD-mysql-2.9004 $ echo $LANG

akishkin@quadxeon DBD-mysql-2.9004 $ locale
LANG=
LC_CTYPE=""
LC_NUMERIC=""
LC_TIME=""
LC_COLLATE=""
LC_MONETARY=""
LC_MESSAGES=""
LC_PAPER=""
LC_NAME=""
LC_ADDRESS=""
LC_TELEPHONE=""
LC_MEASUREMENT=""
LC_IDENTIFICATION=""
LC_ALL=

So. empty LANG doesn't lead this error. But If I set LANG=en_US.UTF8 , I see picture exactly as you described. Ok. this bug is confirmed.
[7 Jan 2005 17:21] Bruce Heerssen 
This bug is also present when locale is set to LANG=es_ES.UTF-8

OS is RH AS 3
[7 Jan 2005 20:06] Bruce Heerssen 
I just got version 2.9005_3 from cpan.org (not downloaded through the cpan utility) and that version seems to work fine.