[Mapserver-users] Re: mapscript seems to be fubar

[pkishor_98 <pkishor at geoanalytics.com>]

And you are so right. That change made all the fog clear away.

Might I suggest that dump.pl and shpinfo.pl be modified accordingly in
the distro?

Many thanks.

--- In mapserver-users at yahoogroups.com, "Steve Lime" <steve.lime at d...>
wrote:
> I thought Dan quoted me in the 3.6.4 announcement, but perhaps not.
> Anyway, 3.6.4 was SWIGed with the latest version. Consequently there is
> a small, but important, modification you must make to scripts. All
> references to constructors must be updated. So:
> 
>   $map = new mapObj(...);
> 
> becomes:
> 
>   $map = new mapscript::mapObj(...);
> 
> This brings the perl module inline with the other SWIG modules. So
> basically it's a namespace issue. Make that change and you should be
> good to go.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Lime
> Data & Applications Manager
> 
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
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> >>> "pkishor_98 <pkishor at g...>" <pkishor at g...>
> 01/23/03 23:27 PM >>>
> Steve L, Lowell, others,
> 
> I seem to have fubar-ed my perfectly working copy of mapscript, and
> can't figure out how to set it right.
> 
> I rebuilt mapserver 3.6.4. Straight, no frills --
> 
> 
> 
> ./configure --with-jpeg --with-gd=../gd-1.8.4 --with-png=/usr/local/lib
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Got the usualy slew of messages and warnings and what-not, and then
> mapserv is built just fine --
> 
> 
> 
> [lucknow:~/Projects/mapserver/mapserver-3.6.4] pkishor% ./mapserv -v
> MapServer version 3.6.4 OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP
> SUPPORTS=TTF INPUT=TIFF INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=JPEG INPUT=SHAPEFILE
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Then I do the perl Makefile.PL, make, sudo make install dance, and
> mapscript.pm  gets built and installed in its correct place. But
> nothing works with perl. Trying out the simplest dump.pl, I get
> 
> 
> 
> [lucknow:mapscript/perl/examples] pkishor% ./dump.pl -file=~/dap.shp
> Can't locate object method "new" via package "shapefileObj" at
> ./dump.pl line 18.
> 
> 
> 
> and so on. When I turn diagnostics on, I get --
> 
> 
> 
> [lucknow:mapscript/perl/examples] pkishor% ./dump.pl
> -file=~/Sites/palatine/data/dap.shp
> Can't locate object method "new" via package "shapefileObj" at
> ./dump.pl line
>         19 (#1)
>     
>     (F) You said to do (or require, or use) a file that couldn't be
>     found. Perl looks for the file in all the locations mentioned in
> @INC,
>     unless the file name included the full path to the file.  Perhaps
> you need
>     to set the PERL5LIB or PERL5OPT environment variable to say where
> the extra
>     library is, or maybe the script needs to add the library name to
> @INC.  Or
>     maybe you just misspelled the name of the file.  See
> perlfunc/require
>     and lib.
>     
> Uncaught exception from user code:
>         Can't locate object method "new" via package "shapefileObj" at
> ./dump.pl line 19.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I know that mapscript.pm is in my @INC which is -- 
> 
> /System/Library/Perl/darwin
> /System/Library/Perl
> /Library/Perl/darwin
> /Library/Perl
> /Library/Perl
> /Network/Library/Perl/darwin
> /Network/Library/Perl
> /Network/Library/Perl
> 
> 
> 
> because make install put it there --
> 
> [lucknow:mapserver-3.6.4/mapscript/perl] pkishor% sudo make install
> Password:
> Installing /Library/Perl/darwin/auto/mapscript/mapscript.bs
> Installing /Library/Perl/darwin/auto/mapscript/mapscript.bundle
> Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into
> architecture dependent library tree
> Installing /Library/Perl/darwin/mapscript.pm
> Writing /Library/Perl/darwin/auto/mapscript/.packlist
> Appending installation info to /System/Library/Perl/darwin/perllocal.pod
> 
> I am at a dead end. Any suggestions as to where I should begin looking 
> 
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