problem: "can't locate package $VERSION"

shriken has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

This problem is part of some Perl code which supports an MRTG (multi-router traffic grapher) installation. I think I broke this when I recently upgraded to perl 5.8.8. I'm getting...

Can't locate package $VERSION for @MRTG_lib::ISA at /usr/bin/indexmake
+r line 49
    main::BEGIN() called at /usr/bin/../lib/mrtg2/MRTG_lib.pm line 49
    eval {...} called at /usr/bin/../lib/mrtg2/MRTG_lib.pm line 49
Can't locate package $VERSION for @MRTG_lib::ISA at (eval 6) line 1.
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line 49 in /usb/bin/indexmaker (it's a perl script) is: use MRTG_lib "2.090017"; MRTG_lib.pm starts off with...

package MRTG_lib;
require 5.005;
use strict;
use SNMP_util "0.86";
use vars qw($OS $SL $PS @EXPORT @ISA $VERSION %mrtgrules);
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and the vars module (in my /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/) has: our $VERSION = '1.01'; a runtime peek at @INC with perl -e 'print(join(",\n",@INC));' reports

/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux,
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8,
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux,
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8,
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl,
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ok, I'm lost...

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Re: problem: "can't locate package $VERSION" by NetWallah (Canon) on Apr 25, 2007 at 16:21 UTC
You will need to upgrade MRTG to at least 2.9.22 (Current version is 2.15.1). From the CHANGELOG: Changes 2.9.22 -------------- From: Tobi * removed VERSION for ISA arry in MRTG_lib.pm ... it has no reason to be there, and perl 5.8 complains "Choose a job you like and you will never have to work a day of your life" - Confucius	[reply]
Re: problem: "can't locate package $VERSION" by Anonymous Monk on Apr 26, 2007 at 03:10 UTC
No quotes `use SNMP_util 0.86;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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