[Koha] RE: [Yazlist] Problems with YAZ > 2.1.8 on OpenBSD

Wed Nov 8 16:43:37 NZDT 2006

Hi Mike,

I have no idea if this is a YAZ problem, something with the perl modules or
something I'm (not) doing.  I'm not a Koha developer; I'm just a user trying
to work out the kinks on OpenBSD.  The reason I'm posting on this list is
because it seems to be directly related to the Yaz version installed.  I've
written a perl program (my first!) that demonstrates that after checking for
a Yaz dependent perl module that input from <STDIN> no longer works.  As I
stated before, I only seem to have this problem with Yaz versions newer than
2.1.8.  I have seen this issue with Yaz versions 2.1.10, 2.1.18, 2.1.24, and
2.1.38.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

print "Type something: ";
my $response = <STDIN>;
chomp $response;
print "You typed $response\n";

#here's the line that breaks it
unless (eval {require Net::Z3950})   { print "missing Net::Z3950\n" };
#unless (eval {require ZOOM})   { print "missing ZOOM\n" };

print "Type something if you can: ";
$response = <STDIN>;
chomp $response;
print "You typed $response\n";

*** Checking for Net::Z3950 ***

OK -- OpenBSD 4.0 (fresh install, no Net::Z3950)
# perl test.pl
Type something: test1
You typed test1
missing Net::Z3950
Type something if you can: test2
You typed test2
#

OK -- OpenBSD 4.0, Yaz 2.1.8, Net::Z3950 0.51, Event 1.08
# perl test.pl
Type something: test1
You typed test1
Type something if you can: test2
You typed test2
#

NOT OK -- OpenBSD 4.0 (fresh install), Yaz 2.1.38, Net::Z3950 0.51, Event
1.08
# perl test.pl
Type something: test1
You typed test1
Type something if you can: Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at
test.pl line 15, <STDIN> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line
16, <STDIN> line 1.
You typed
#

*** Checking for ZOOM ***

OK -- OpenBSD 4.0, Yaz 2.1.38, (no ZOOM)
# perl test.pl
Type something: test1
You typed test1
missing ZOOM
Type something if you can: test2
You typed test2
#

NOT OK -- OpenBSD 4.0, Yaz 2.1.38, ZOOM 1.13, Marc::Record 1.38
# perl test.pl
Type something: test1
You typed test1
Too late to run INIT block at
/usr/local/libdata/perl5/site_perl/i386-openbsd/ZOOM.pm line 37, <STDIN>
line 1.
Type something if you can: Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at
test.pl line 15, <STDIN> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line
16, <STDIN> line 1.
You typed
#

The following warnings appear during ./configure:

checking for libXML2... Not found
configure: WARNING: libxml2 development libraries not found.
configure: WARNING: There will be no support for SRU.
checking for libXSLT... Not found
configure: WARNING: libXSLT development libraries not found.
checking for libEXSLT... Not found
configure: WARNING: libEXSLT not enabled. pkg-config not found.
checking for xsltSaveResultToString... no

I have no idea if they have any relevance or not.

Thanks,
Mike D.

-----Original Message-----
From: yazlist-bounces at lists.indexdata.dk
[mailto:yazlist-bounces at lists.indexdata.dk]On Behalf Of Mike Taylor
Sent: November 7, 2006 4:57 AM
To: Discussion on the YAZ Z39.50 toolkit
Subject: [Yazlist] Problems with YAZ > 2.1.8 on OpenBSD

Hi, Mike.  I don't understand what makes you think that any of this is
anything to with YAZ.  It seems like a Koha installer bug to me.

If you'd like us to look into it, please make a small test program
that clearly demonstrates the problem, and that we can use to
reproduce it.

 _/|_	 ___________________________________________________________________
/o ) \/  Mike Taylor    <mike at indexdata.com>    http://www.miketaylor.org.uk
)_v__/\  "No no, it's spelt `Luxury Yacht', but it's pronounced
	 `Throat-wobbler Mangrove'" -- Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Mike Dalgity writes:
 > Hi,
 >
 > I'd like to report a problem introduced between YAZ versions 2.1.8 and
 > 2.1.10 on OpenBSD.  I’ve tried the following later versions which all
 > exhibit the same problem: 2.1.10, 2.1.18, 2.1.24 and 2.1.38.
 >
 > Summary of the problem:  During installation of Koha 2.2.x (koha.org)
using
 > the installer.pl perl script it performs a perl module check.  After this
 > check completes, interactive input is no longer accepted by the script
and
 > it gets caught in an infinite loop because all responses are
automatically
 > blank.  During troubleshooting I narrowed the cause of this problem to
the
 > following line in the checkperlmodules function of Install.pm:
 > 	unless (eval {require ZOOM})   { push @missing,"ZOOM" };
 > If I comment that out then the installation proceeds normally.  The same
 > issue was observed with Koha 2.2.5 which used Net::Z3950 instead of ZOOM.
 >
 > I then decided to test YAZ using yaz-client.  I looked up the
documentation
 > and was able to connect to Index Data's test server and test commands
such
 > as find and scan.  I don't know where to go from here so any help is
 > appreciated.
 >
 > I have not tried to reproduce this with other BSDs but I did compile YAZ
 > 2.1.10 (back in January) on Redhat FC2 and didn't have the problem.  I
doubt
 > the Koha install script is the problem as it works fine with YAZ 2.1.8.
I
 > brought this up on the Koha mailing list at the beginning of the year but
 > did not receive any responses.  You can read it here
 > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2006/009583.html.  I've brought it
up
 > again recently as their switch to ZOOM has caused me to run into this
 > problem again http://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2006/010710.html.
 >
 > I'd like to resolve this issue as Koha 2.2.6 has dropped the Net::Z3950
 > module and started using ZOOM but of course ZOOM requires a recent
version
 > of YAZ.  I'll be happy to provide any additional info if requested.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Mike D.
 >
 >
 >
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