said:
>The "testperl.cmd" file is a batch file with what appear to be perl
>scripts towards the bottom of the file.
>error message "I could not find your shell."
OK, so what you really meant to say is you ran the testperl.cmd script and
it reported the above error. Well given that testperl.cmd contains the
following:
open SH, 'echo $SH_VERSION |' or $no_sh++;
unless ($no_sh) {
chomp ($v = );
close SH or warn "Errors closing pipe from shell: \$!='$!', \$?=$?\n";
print "I could find your shell, its version is '$v'\n" if $v;
$no_sh++ unless $v;
}
if ($no_sh) {
print <
====================================
I could not find your shell. You WILL have problems starting external
programs (except the simplest ones). Please check that you installed a
shell with a Bourne syntax and informed Perl where to find it. EOP
It's pretty clear that you are not going to pass the above tests without
at shell that understands how do do pipes and uses $ for environment
variables. Can I assume that you paraphrased the actual error message,
but didn't bother to mention this?
>I don't remember but I do know there were no "|" symbols in the command
>so I was surprised by the message.
I'm not sure what you are referring to. The command in the snip I posted
definitely contains a | symbol. I'm assuming my version of testperl.cmd
is similar to yours.
>This is true of any program and part of the reason I wanted to try it
>out. We need a mail server and mailing list program that do not require
>a lot of time, not something that is a blackhole when it comes to the
>time required to keep it running.
Well, if you are the maintainer of the port as well as the adminstrator,
you are pretty much guaranteed to spend more time supporting a particular
apps.
I'll defer judgement on the source of the blackhole until someone explains
the failure modes and shows that the recommended solutions do not work.
>For Weasel Peter responded that the "receive header" problem would be
>fixed the next release. I did not ask when that would be. I have not
>received any response to my messages about majormajor.
Interesting, I guess.
Regards,
Steven
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