perl_call_sv failure

jai has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hi,
I was using perl 5.6.0, with which SAPDB modules worked fine. Recently I compiled & installed Perl v5.8.0 afterwhich the programs using SAPDB doesnt work. It gives the following error:

Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux/auto/SAP/D
+BTech/sapdbcperl/sapdbcperl.so' for module SAP::DBTech::sapdbcperl: /
+usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux/auto/SAP/DBTech/sapdbc
+perl/sapdbcperl.so: undefined symbol: perl_call_sv at /usr/local/lib/
+perl5/5.8.0/i686-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 229.
 at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/SAP/DBTech/sapdb.pm line 18
Compilation failed in require at sql_1.pl line 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at sql_1.pl line 5.
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Is it a problem with SAPDB installation ? should I enable any option so that perl_call_sv is present wherever is should be ?

Please anyone help me.
Jai.

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Re: perl_call_sv failure by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Aug 25, 2003 at 15:46 UTC
XS and other binary dependent modules must be recompiled for perl 5.8.0. Check to see that `/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux/auto/SAP/DBTech/sapdbcperl/sapdbcperl.so` exists. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]
Re: Re: perl_call_sv failure by jai (Sexton) on Aug 25, 2003 at 16:00 UTC
The file /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux/auto/SAP/DBTech/sapdbcperl/sapdbcperl.so does exist. The problem is that SAPDB modules are distributed as binaries, hence no way to recompile them. Is there any work-around, and where is perl_call_sv defined ? Thanks for the response, jai..	[reply]
Re: perl_call_sv failure by diotalevi (Canon) on Aug 25, 2003 at 15:46 UTC
Did you forget to re-install all your perl modules as well? 5.8.0 is not binary compatible with previous versions. Any modules with compiled C code need to be recompiled.	[reply]