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PROGRAM:

NAME

perlivp - Perl Installation Verification Procedure

SYNOPSIS

perlivp [-p] [-v] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

The perlivp program is set up at Perl source code build time to test the Perl version it
was built under. It can be used after running:

make install

(or your platform's equivalent procedure) to verify that perl and its libraries have been
installed correctly. A correct installation is verified by output that looks like:

ok 1
ok 2

etc.

OPTIONS

-h help
Prints out a brief help message.

-p print preface
Gives a description of each test prior to performing it.

-v verbose
Gives more detailed information about each test, after it has been performed. Note
that any failed tests ought to print out some extra information whether or not -v is
thrown.

DIAGNOSTICS

· print "# Perl binary '$perlpath' does not appear executable.\n";

Likely to occur for a perl binary that was not properly installed. Correct by
conducting a proper installation.

· print "# Perl version '$]' installed, expected $ivp_VERSION.\n";

Likely to occur for a perl that was not properly installed. Correct by conducting a
proper installation.

· print "# Perl \@INC directory '$_' does not appear to exist.\n";

Likely to occur for a perl library tree that was not properly installed. Correct by
conducting a proper installation.

· print "# Needed module '$_' does not appear to be properly installed.\n";

One of the two modules that is used by perlivp was not present in the installation.
This is a serious error since it adversely affects perlivp's ability to function. You
may be able to correct this by performing a proper perl installation.

· print "# Required module '$_' does not appear to be properly installed.\n";

An attempt to "eval "require $module"" failed, even though the list of extensions
indicated that it should succeed. Correct by conducting a proper installation.

· print "# Unnecessary module 'bLuRfle' appears to be installed.\n";

This test not coming out ok could indicate that you have in fact installed a
bLuRfle.pm module or that the "eval " require \"$module_name.pm\"; "" test may give
misleading results with your installation of perl. If yours is the latter case then
please let the author know.

· print "# file",+($#missing == 0) ? '' : 's'," missing from installation:\n";

One or more files turned up missing according to a run of "ExtUtils::Installed ->
validate()" over your installation. Correct by conducting a proper installation.

For further information on how to conduct a proper installation consult the INSTALL file
that comes with the perl source and the README file for your platform.

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