Re^2: problem with Config::Std on FreeBSD box?

In example.conf:

# example.conf must sit beside this script
# it contains :
[settings]
a : house
b : room
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In example.cgi:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Config::Std;

read_config( 'example.conf' => my %conf );

print STDERR "example.conf: ".$conf{settings}{a}."\n";
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Both files must reside in same directory.

Box 1, error
Config::Std version 0.0.4
perl v5.6.1 built for i386-linux
freebsd box
Outputs:

Malformed prototype for Config::Std::Hash::read_config: $\%$ at example.cgi line 5.

Box 2, works
Config::Std version 0.0.4
perl v5.8.3 built for i586-linux-thread-multi
suse box

Box 3, works
Config::Std version 0.0.4
perl v5.8.6 built for 86_64-linux-thread-multi
FC box

Sorry for the sloppy post..

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Re^3: problem with Config::Std on FreeBSD box? by imp (Priest) on Aug 25, 2006 at 21:38 UTC
Found the problem. The prototype being used by Config::Std::read_config isn't supported until perl 5.7.3 - see perl573delta. Minimal test case: `sub read_config ($\[%$]) {} read_config( 'example.conf' => my %conf );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: problem with Config::Std on FreeBSD box? by leocharre (Priest) on Aug 25, 2006 at 22:02 UTC
Thank you so much.. I'm on that. It's really a simple thing it's doing for the end user of this module.. But it seems clean and slick - And it's made by the Big Poppa of sterilized coding... So I didn't want to pass this up. Should there be something in Config::Std About this? Makefile.PL does not say something about the version of perl needed. Did I miss it? Did the person who installed this miss it... ?	[reply]
Re^3: problem with Config::Std on FreeBSD box? by imp (Priest) on Aug 25, 2006 at 21:15 UTC
Works for me in this environment: Config::Std version 0.0.4 perl 5.8.2 built for i386-openbsd OpenBSD 3.5 Installing perl 5.6.2, will update this entry once its done and I can test.	[reply]
Re^3: problem with Config::Std on FreeBSD box? by perlfan (Parson) on Aug 25, 2006 at 21:29 UTC
Why on Earth is your FreeBSD Perl build for i386-linux? What version of Perl are you really using on FreeBSD? And what version of FreeBSD is this?	[reply]
Re^4: problem with Config::Std on FreeBSD box? by leocharre (Priest) on Aug 25, 2006 at 21:52 UTC
`[xxxxx@xxxxx xxxxx]$ perl -v This is perl, v5.6.1 built for i386-linux` [download] My access to the system is limited. Frustrating.. `[xxxxx@xxxxx xxxxx]$ uname -a Linux xxxxx.xxxxx.net 2.6.7 #6 Sat Aug 14 16:53:57 UTC 2004 i686 unkno +wn` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]