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Hello Monks,

I have complied everything using perl v 5.8.5 archname=i386-linux-thread-multi

But after completion I come to know that my project requirement is of archname=i686-linux so I install archname=i686-linux into the /usr/local directory and start compliling everything again. But getting this error. pls help me out...

When I am trying to install the Pod-Coverage-0.17 through perl v 5.8.5 archname=i686-linux

It gives me error

Checking whether your kit is complete...
Looks good
Deleting Build
Removed previous script 'Build'
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Pod-Coverage' version '0.17'
t/01compile....../usr/local/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /home/denal
+i/SOURCE/Pod-Coverage-0.17/blib/arch/auto/Pod/Coverage/Coverage.so: u
+ndefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr
t/01compile......dubious
        Test returned status 127 (wstat 32512, 0x7f00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-4
        Failed 4/4 tests, 0.00% okay
t/02simple......./usr/local/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /home/denal
+i/SOURCE/Pod-Coverage-0.17/blib/arch/auto/Pod/Coverage/Coverage.so: u
+ndefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr
t/02simple.......dubious
        Test returned status 127 (wstat 32512, 0x7f00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-32
        Failed 32/32 tests, 0.00% okay
t/03import......./usr/local/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /home/denal
+i/SOURCE/Pod-Coverage-0.17/blib/arch/auto/Pod/Coverage/Coverage.so: u
+ndefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr
t/03import.......dubious
        Test returned status 127 (wstat 32512, 0x7f00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-3
        Failed 3/3 tests, 0.00% okay
t/04cvgv........./usr/local/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /home/denal
+i/SOURCE/Pod-Coverage-0.17/blib/arch/auto/Pod/Coverage/Coverage.so: u
+ndefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr
t/04cvgv.........dubious
        Test returned status 127 (wstat 32512, 0x7f00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-4
        Failed 4/4 tests, 0.00% okay
t/05parentage..../usr/local/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /home/denal
+i/SOURCE/Pod-Coverage-0.17/blib/arch/auto/Pod/Coverage/Coverage.so: u
+ndefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr
t/05parentage....dubious
        Test returned status 127 (wstat 32512, 0x7f00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-5
        Failed 5/5 tests, 0.00% okay
t/06trustme....../usr/local/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /home/denal
+i/SOURCE/Pod-Coverage-0.17/blib/arch/auto/Pod/Coverage/Coverage.so: u
+ndefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr
t/06trustme......dubious
        Test returned status 127 (wstat 32512, 0x7f00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-10
        Failed 10/10 tests, 0.00% okay
t/07pod..........ok
t/08tie........../usr/local/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: <br>/home/d
+enali/SOURCE/Pod-Coverage-0.17/blib/arch/auto/Pod/Coverage/Coverage.s
+o: undefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr
t/08tie..........dubious
        Test returned status 127 (wstat 32512, 0x7f00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-4
        Failed 4/4 tests, 0.00% okay
Failed Test     Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
t/01compile.t    127 32512     4    8 200.00%  1-4
t/02simple.t     127 32512    32   64 200.00%  1-32
t/03import.t     127 32512     3    6 200.00%  1-3
t/04cvgv.t       127 32512     4    8 200.00%  1-4
t/05parentage.t  127 32512     5   10 200.00%  1-5
t/06trustme.t    127 32512    10   20 200.00%  1-10
t/08tie.t        127 32512     4    8 200.00%  1-4
Failed 7/8 test scripts, 12.50% okay. 62/67 subtests failed, 7.46% oka
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Re: Pod-Coverage-0.17 + i686-linux + ErrorCoverage.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr
by grinder (Bishop) on Oct 17, 2005 at 08:05 UTC

    Sounds like you've got two perls on your system, one threaded, and one unthreaded. And at some point in your execution, the code is pulling in a library that was compiled for the other perl.

    Have a look at /usr/bin/perl -V compared to /usr/local/bin/perl -V and see if they are different. Does your Build.PL script start with #! /usr/bin/perl?

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      Well I checked that and found they are dirffrent one. But then also its the same problem coming up also the I am using /usr/local/perl for my compilation.
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        Try starting from a fresh set of sources for the module, and make sure when building it that /usr/local/bin appears in the PATH environment variable before /usr/bin, so that /usr/local/bin/perl is seen first (assuming that /usr/local/bin/perl is the desired Perl you want to compile the module with).
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