On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Nick Prater
<..hidden..> wrote:
I'm using ledgersmb 1.3.20, installed from the sourceforge tarball,
running on an Ubuntu 12.04 machine.
When I try to save a Purchase Transaction, I get an internal server error.
The apache error log reports the following:
[Fri Jul 20 08:43:32 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Math::BigInt:
couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::BigInt::Calc at
LedgerSMB/Form.pm line 61, referer: http://localhost/ledgersmb/ap.pl
[Fri Jul 20 08:43:32 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Can't call method
"is_zero" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Math/BigInt.pm line
1197., referer: http://localhost/ledgersmb/ap.pl
[Fri Jul 20 08:43:32 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Compilation failed
in require at /usr/local/ledgersmb/ap.pl line 7., referer:
http://localhost/ledgersmb/ap.pl
[Fri Jul 20 08:43:32 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of
script headers: ap.pl, referer: http://localhost/ledgersmb/ap.pl
Math::BigInt is version 1.997, installed via the standard Ubuntu packaging
(apt-get install libmath-bigint-perl). This corresponds with the latest
available on CPAN
I can side-step this issue by removing Math::BigInt (apt-get remove
libmath-bigint-perl), which allows me to save purchase transactions,
however I believe that will cause problems for other parts of ledgersmb.
Searching the mailing list and looking at past ledgersmb changelogs, I can
see various fixes have been applied for "is_zero" errors in the past (such
as in 1.3.17 and 1.3.3).
I also see suggestions to install perl modules from CPAN rather than using
the distribution's package manager. I believe I am running the latet
versions of ledgersmb and relevant perl modules, so that fix/workaround
doesn't seem to apply.
I'll continue digging around to see if I can gain a better understanding
of the issue, but I wonder if this a known problem, with an official
work-around?
The problem is still specific to the latest Perl module. Typically the thing to do is to find older versions and use them instead.
However if you can provide some sample data and a workflow that allows me to be able to reproduce, I could send you a patch quickly.
Best Wishes,
Chris Travers