[Techtalk] Error installing DBD::mysql

[Anne Wainwright]

Hi,

I am having problems getting this installed.

I run

# perl Makefile.PL	:)
# make			:)
# make test		:(

The output of make test locks up on test(?) 76 (after the chopping blanks failures)

# make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00base....................ok
t/10connect.................ok
t/20createdrop..............ok
t/25lockunlock..............ok
t/29warnings................ok
t/30insertfetch.............ok
t/31insertid................ok
t/32insert_error............ok
t/35limit...................ok
t/35prepare.................ok
t/40bindparam...............ok
t/40bindparam2..............ok
t/40blobs...................ok
t/40catalog.................ok
        35/77 skipped: various reasons
t/40keyinfo.................ok
t/40listfields..............ok
t/40nulls...................ok
t/40numrows.................ok
t/40server_prepare..........ok
t/40server_prepare_error....ok
t/40types...................ok
        19/20 skipped: New Data types not supported by server
t/41bindparam...............ok
t/41blobs_prepare...........ok
t/42bindparam...............ok
t/50chopblanks..............NOK 15
#   Failed test '$name should not have blanks chopped'
#   at t/50chopblanks.t line 60.
#          got: ''
#     expected: ' '
t/50chopblanks..............NOK 22
#   Failed test '$name should not have blanks chopped'
#   at t/50chopblanks.t line 60.
#          got: ' a b c'
#     expected: ' a b c '
t/50chopblanks..............ok 29/29# Looks like you failed 2 tests of 29.
t/50chopblanks..............dubious
        Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
DIED. FAILED tests 15, 22
        Failed 2/29 tests, 93.10% okay
t/50commit..................ok
t/55utf8....................skipped
        all skipped: SKIP TEST: You must have MySQL version 5.0 and greater for this test to run
t/60leaks...................skipped
        all skipped: Skip $ENV{SLOW_TESTS} is not set
t/65types...................ok
t/70takeimp.................skipped
        all skipped: This test is disabled
t/71impdata.................skipped
        all skipped: This test is disabled
t/75supported_sql...........ok
t/76multi_statement.........NOK 13
#   Failed test 'Second update had 2 warnings'
#   at t/76multi_statement.t line 50.
#          got: '0'
#     expected: '2'
t/76multi_statement.........ok 19/24

at this point it stops and stays stopped. Since all the previous tests zip by at lightning speed, a cup of coffee should see it through a sticky patch, but it doesn't so assume it is terminal.

I have looked all over but can find no help. And there is nothing in tfm.
I have upgraded to Test::Simple which cured earlier errors in this test.

OS details: Linux 2.4.21 i386 on a i686 HP laptop
Perl version: 5.8.4
DBI version: 1.607
DBD::mysql version: 4.008
MySQL version: # mysqld -V --> Version 4.1.11

If any mysql addict can give me a guide here I'd be so grateful

Anne

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so much to do, so little time :(