Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233541 Summary: perl-perlmenu fails with getcap on perl5 Product: Fedora Core Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: perl AssignedTo: rnorwood@xxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: kwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QAContact: dkl@xxxxxxxxxx CC: fedora-perl-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx Description of problem: Ttrying to use the perlmenu module returns the following error: Curses function 'getcap' is not defined by your vendor at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/perlmenu.pm line 382. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): perl-perlmenu-4.0-4.fc6 How reproducible: Call perlmenu function from withing a program. Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install perl-perlmenu 2. cd /usr/share/doc/perl-perlmenu-x.x.x/examples 3. perl demo 2> outfile Actual results: Error log shows that getcap() from Curses is not available. Expected results: demo application should draw a curses menu system. Additional info: The perl-perlmenu package as shipped does not work with perl5. The original docs suggest the following change to /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/perlmenu.pm: 108,113c108,113 < #if ($] >= 5.001) { # Perl5 ONLY! < #package Perl5::Menu_PL::Compat; # Don't pollute perlmenu.pm namespace < #require Term::Cap; # Get Tgetent package < #$term = Tgetent Term::Cap { OSPEED => 9600 }; # Define entry < #sub perlmenu::getcap { $term->{"_" . shift()} }; # Define local subroutine < #} --- > if ($] >= 5.001) { # Perl5 ONLY! > package Perl5::Menu_PL::Compat; # Don't pollute perlmenu.pm namespace > require Term::Cap; # Get Tgetent package > $term = Tgetent Term::Cap { OSPEED => 9600 }; # Define entry > sub perlmenu::getcap { $term->{"_" . shift()} }; # Define local subroutine > } -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
