Joe Atzberger wrote:
I agree the slippery XML parser is a likely culprit (and a serious pain), possibly because the "wrong" one is already pre-installed(?) for the OS.
Yes, the XML mess has bitten me before. It is probably something beyond the scope of Koha installation to prevent. *UNLESS* perl and all its required C libs are plunked into a separate area and a known-to-be-right combination of everything perl is used. A big ask, I know. Esp. for those who want Koha to just work out of the box with their existing perl distro.
See the "Incompatible Changes" section of perldelta for any release, including the current one: http://perldoc.perl.org/perldelta.html#Incompatible-Changes http://perldoc.perl.org/perl561delta.html#Incompatible-Changes http://perldoc.perl.org/perl58delta.html#Incompatible-Changes
Excellent reading! Thanks for the links. As for progress of the prepackaged "Koha Perl Kit", I am investigating the various existing ways to do it and comparing to how I've accomplished it in the past with a home-grown script. I think I'll test my methodology on a clean Linux install and Koha/2.2.9, since that is what I am familiar with. It should then be easy to port to Koha/3. Once I have something ready to test, it would be great to dig up some testers on various platforms/distros to give it a try. I think a Windows version will be "out of scope" for this project. cheers rickw -- ________________________________________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services || Internet Driving Instructor Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light. -- Spike Milligan