Re: starting sympa fails

[Hans Bausewein <hans@comerwell.xs4all.nl>]

let's reply to myself ;-)

On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 09:05:21PM +0200, Hans Bausewein wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've installed sympa, but starting it fails with:
> 
> Can't modify reference constructor in scalar assignment at
> /usr/lib/sympa/bin/smtp.pm line 67, near "$rcpt;"
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/sympa/bin/sympa.pl line 22.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/sympa/bin/sympa.pl line 22.
> .
> 
> line 67 of /usr/lib/sympa/bin/smtp.pm shows:
> 
>    my @t = $rcpt; \@t = $rcpt;
> 
> 
> I've never been good in Perl, but I gues it's the second assigment that
> fails. 
> 
> Sympa version is 2.6.1-3 and Perl is 5.6.1-5
> 
> I guess that may be the cause. I've upgraded Perl on a mostly potato system.

I have upgraded Sympa to 3.2.1-3 (woody) and it works now

 
Hans Bausewein