Re: PerlObjCBridge with custom perl

I don't use Mac OSX but I do understand module installation under Perl. The following should probably work. Anyway giving it a try will take no more than a minute or two.

You have a 5.8.1 disto. That is binary compatible with 5.8.5 (AFAIK) and I assume that the bridge code is XS/C and has binary component. You need to cut and paste several bits from 5.8.1 to the same locations in 5.8.5.

Here is a simulated install of this module showing what goes where:

[root@devel3 PerlObjCBridge]# make install
Installing INSTALL_ROOT/i686-linux/auto/PerlObjCBridge/PerlObjCBridge.
+so
Installing INSTALL_ROOT/i686-linux/auto/PerlObjCBridge/PerlObjCBridge.
+bs
Installing INSTALL_ROOT/i686-linux/PerlObjCBridge.pm

# this is unnecessary man and book-keeping stuff.....
Installing INSTALL_ROOT/man/man3/PerlObjCBridge.3
Writing INSTALL_ROOT/i686-linux/auto/PerlObjCBridge/.packlist
Appending installation info to INSTALL_ROOT/i686-linux/perllocal.pod

[root@devel3 PerlObjCBridge]#
[download]

So I suggest you do a locate on PerlObjCBrige. You should find a .so .bs and .pm relative to your 5.8.1 install root in the locations shown (well probably not i686 ;-) Copy those 3 files into exactly the same path locations relative to your 5.8.5 install root. They will then be found and may/should just work.

cheers

tachyon

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Re^2: PerlObjCBridge with custom perl by borisz (Canon) on Aug 29, 2004 at 14:37 UTC
I know, that I can copy the files, as long as the perl versions are binary compatible. But I search for a real solution. If this is not possible I go and copy the files. /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Foundation/Foundat +ion.bs /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Foundation/Foundat +ion.bundle /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Foundation.pm /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/PerlObjCBridge/aut +osplit.ix /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/PerlObjCBridge/Per +lObjCBridge.bs /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/PerlObjCBridge/Per +lObjCBridge.bundle /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/PerlObjCBridge.pm [download] Boris	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: PerlObjCBridge with custom perl by tachyon (Chancellor) on Aug 29, 2004 at 14:51 UTC
Call me a bluff old pragmatist but if it was me I would try copying the files first, and if that works, search for a real solution at my leisure. You would be right if you thought it might well end up right on the bottom of the TODO list after a day or two. Given that it is a custom Apple module it may not be freely available. Isn't camelbones supposed to do the same sort of stuff better? cheers tachyon	[reply]
Re^4: PerlObjCBridge with custom perl by borisz (Canon) on Aug 29, 2004 at 15:14 UTC
Yes, right. I'm just in a try what is possible to me with OSX phase. I use CamesBones already with great success. After that, I try just some intercation with cocoa without a gui. Thats what PerlObjCBridge does. It makes me angry, if I can not use a perl of my choice and use PerlObjCBridge. At the end I copy the files and try to avoid PerlObjCBridge in the future in flavor of CamesBones. Even if CamesBones is often far more than I need. Boris	[reply]