perl mapi/swig dynaloader problem

unkie888 · 01-14-2008, 01:46 PM

when i run a script it says;

Code:

[root]# ./fetchmail.pl
Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mapi.so' for module mapi: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mapi.so: undefined symbol: swig_types at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
 at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mapi.pm line 11
Compilation failed in require at ./fetchmail.pl line 15.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./fetchmail.pl line 15.

Then I do;

Code:

[root]# nm /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mapi.so | grep swig_types
         U swig_types

I think this means that perl cannot load mapi.so because swig_types is not defined in any .so library.

so i do;

Code:

for f in  `find / -name '*.so'`; do echo $f ; nm $f | grep swig_types ; done > x.x 2>y.y

then look in x.x for where swig_types is defined but there is nothing but mapi.so

How do I work out what library swig_types is defined in so that the perl script can work?

chrism01 · 01-16-2008, 05:56 PM

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