"flock" is not defined in %Fcntl::EXPORT_TAGS at /usr/lib/perl5/Exporter.pm

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

Hello, I just installed openwebmail (on a *very* old system) and I tried to run openwebmail-tool.pl --init . The output was this:


bash# /var/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-tool.pl --init
"flock" is not defined in %Fcntl::EXPORT_TAGS at /usr/lib/perl5/Export
+er.pm line 57
        Exporter::export called at /usr/lib/perl5/Exporter.pm line 149
        Exporter::import called at /var/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/openwebmail/
+openwebmail-tool.pl line 29
        main::BEGIN called at /usr/lib/perl5/Fcntl.pm line 0
        eval {...} called at /usr/lib/perl5/Fcntl.pm line 0
Can't continue after import errors at /var/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/openwebma
+il/openwebmail-tool.pl line 29
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/openwebmai
+l/openwebmail-tool.pl line 29.
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That's an old system with thousands of users and it would be a real pain for me to install perl from the beginning. Is there an easier solution to this?

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Re: "flock" is not defined in %Fcntl::EXPORT_TAGS at /usr/lib/perl5/Exporter.pm by zejames (Hermit) on Dec 02, 2004 at 15:36 UTC
Are you sure you have perl 5.005 or above ? It is a requirement for OpenWebmail. If not, I'm not sure you'll achieve what you want ... -- zejames	[reply]
Re: "flock" is not defined in %Fcntl::EXPORT_TAGS at /usr/lib/perl5/Exporter.pm by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Dec 02, 2004 at 15:39 UTC
You are looking for `:flock` not `flock` in your `use Fcntl qw(:flock)` /J\	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: "flock" is not defined in %Fcntl::EXPORT_TAGS at /usr/lib/perl5/Exporter.pm by vivia (Initiate) on Dec 02, 2004 at 15:52 UTC
I have Perl 5.6.0 . Line 29 of openwebmail-tool.pl reads: `use Fcntl qw(:DEFAULT :flock);` [download] Any other ideas?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: "flock" is not defined in %Fcntl::EXPORT_TAGS at /usr/lib/perl5/Exporter.pm by tall_man (Parson) on Dec 02, 2004 at 17:30 UTC
Examine the code in your Fcntl.pm file. Mine contains: `# Named groups of exports %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'flock' => [qw(LOCK_SH LOCK_EX LOCK_NB LOCK_UN)], ...` [download] Possibly this tag was not defined in the version of Fcntl.pm that came with Perl 5.6.0. You could get around this various ways, such as by importing the listed symbols directly or by updating the Fcntl module.	[reply] [d/l]