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

I am attempting to install DBD:ODBC on perl 5.6.1 DBI 1.37 and solaris 2.7 and using openlink odbc drivers with iodbc included with it.

When I run perl Makefile.PL it runs fine. ( I did set the required env variables), however when I try make test it tells me unexpected end of line seen on line 298. I downloaded GNU make and attempted to do /usr/local/bin/make test and it tells me

Makefile:297 *** missing seperator. *** stop.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
Brent

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Re: DBD::ODBC make error
by Sandy (Curate) on Dec 04, 2003 at 00:10 UTC

    It's me again. I don't have the makefile that dbi-org sent me, but here is what you need to do.

    Edit Makefile.PL

    Edit line 427 (following is a code snippet with line numbers). Replace all blanks preceding the @$(NOOP) with a single tab character. 

    422  # make Changes file available as installed pod docs "perldoc DBI:
+:Changes"
423  inst_libdbdodbc = ' . File::Spec->catdir($self->{INST_LIB}, 'DBD/
+ODBC') . '
424  changes_pm = ' . File::Spec->catfile($self->{INST_LIB}, 'DBD/ODBC
+', 'Changes.pm') . '
425
426  config :: $(changes_pm)
427     @$(NOOP)
428  
429  $(changes_pm): Changes
430      $(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(inst_libdbdodbc)
431      $(NOECHO) $(RM_F) $(changes_pm)
432      $(CP) Changes $(changes_pm)
';

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    Good Luck.

    Sandy.

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      That did it Sandy
      Thanks
      Brent
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Re: DBD::ODBC make error
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Dec 03, 2003 at 22:53 UTC
    You're probably using the wrong make program. You have to use the same make program that your perl was built with. Try `perl -V:Make' and see what you get.

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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      I had the same problem less than a week ago.

      It is a bug in the Makefile.PL. It's easy to fix. Go to the appropriate line in the Makefile.PL and remove the spaces at the beginning of the line, and replace with a tab.

      I'm new to this site, and I don't yet know how to send an attachment (is it possible), but if it is, I will post it here pronto.

      Good luck! This is the reply I got from the dbi-users.org group. 

      It's a bug in Makefile.PL.  Put tabs in front of the $(NOOP) and rerun
Makefile.pl

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
--- deleted ----
> Subject: Resulting Makefile won't 'make' during install of DBD-ODBC
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to install DBD-ODBC on a Solaris 2.8 machine 
> and have hit a snag I can't solve myself.
> 
> After running perl Makefile.pl, I tried running make.  It 
> refused to run (see log below). I have the 'make' utility 
> that came with Solaris and the GNU 'make' utility. Both 
> refused to run..
> 
> Summary:
> GNU make error message ->
> Makefile:303: *** missing separator.  Stop.
> 
> css make error message ->
> make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 304: Unexpected 
> end of line seen
> 
> The following is the additional info that you requested, as 
> well as the following attachments 
> (log of the attempted install and the makefile)
>

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