Re: Gtk2-1.021 make test failures

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 12:34 PM, Kevin Spencer wrote:

> I installed Gtk2-1.021 in a non-systemwide directory.  Still having  
> problems.  Even though I specify my local directory lib path first in  
> PERL5LIB, the existing mdk 9.1 Gtk2 install is still being picked up.
...snip a good-looking @INC...
> A quick perl -c SimpleList.pm from my local dir results in the
> following:
>
> [vek on localhost, Linux - 2.4.21-0.13mdk, bash]-{69}
> [~/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Gtk2]
> ->perl -c SimpleList.pm
> Can't find 'boot_Gtk2__GType' symbol in
> /home/vek/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Gtk2/ 
> Gtk2.so
>  at
>   
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Gtk2/ 
> _config.pm
>  line 0
>          ...propagated at
> 		  
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Gtk2/GType.pm
>                  line 11.

you're finding the new Gtk2.so correctly, but finding the wrong  
Gtk2.pm.  this perplexes me, especially since your @INC looks correct.

what does your script look like?  what 'use' statements does it employ?  
 note that if you attempt to use Gtk2::Window you will bring the house  
down around your ears --- see below.


> So, my local SimpleList.pm is picking up Gtk2::TreeView from
> /usr/lib/perl5/*/Gtk2 - probably the mdk 9.1 version.  Where can I get
> the Gtk2::Tree* modules so that I can install them locally?  Couldn't
> find them on the CPAN.

you don't need a pm for TreeView, it is brought in with Gtk2 --- since  
0.20, Gtk2 consists of Gtk2.pm and Gtk2.so, rather than the single .so  
and hundreds of .pms use by the old Inline stuff.

SimpleList and a few other helpers (in the pm dir of the source dist)  
are just gravy, stuff implemented in pure perl that *uses* Gtk2.

if you have 'use Gtk2::Window;' or 'use Gtk2::TreeView;', you will be  
picking up the old Inline-based stuff, and attempting to mix the two  
incompatible versions.

and, since Gtk2::SimpleList brings in Gtk2 for you, and Gtk2 brings in  
Glib, you really only need to have 'use Gtk2::SimpleList;' at the top  
of your program.


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