Question

Environment

TWiki version:	01-Dec-2001
TWiki plugins:	GnuSkin
Server OS:	Linux/SuSE9
Web server:	Apache 1.3.28/mod_perl 1.28
Perl version:	5.8.1
Client OS:	Windows, Solaris, Linux
Web Browser:	IE5.5, IE6, Mozilla, Konqueror

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I fixed DiffsNotUpdating by installing Algorithm::diff and letting YaST rebuild apache's .conf files.

The latest testenv still fails with
Undefined subroutine &TWiki::setupLocale called at /twiki/bin/testenv3 line 362.

I'm pretty sure that's because 01 Dec 2001 doesn't have that variable!

Now I still have
Insecure dependency in open while running with -T switch at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/File/Copy.pm line 130.

After reading through ALL the topics here in support that relate to taint problems and trying to extrapolate to fit SuSE, I'm not getting it. besides turning off PerlTaintCheck in httpd.conf. Don't want to and I wouldn't know where to put it... It looks as if KevinGagel has a different distro. not suse9pro? -- BobHartmann - 11 Dec 2003

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I'm also having an issue involving a taint error. My nightly cron job runs to do the mail out on changes and I get a error report from cron: Insecure dependency in connect while running with -T switch at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.1/i686-linux/IO/Socket.pm line 114.

Does anyone have any advice on this?

-- KevinGagel - 10 Dec 2003

Answer

Bob - I have realised from DiffsNotUpdating why you are using an old version of TWiki on a new installation - the Feb 2003 release, or even the latest TWikiBetaRelease, might be better since they have fixes for ModPerl. You might also like to look at the Perl version, see IssuesWithPerl5dot8. Upgrading from Dec 2001 should be fairly easy, but running that version under mod_perl may be problematic.

As for testenv - just use the version of testenv that came with Dec 2001 version for now, or use CVS:bin/testenv to find a version from Nov 2002 or earlier, before the I18N testing code went in (check the log comments).

Kevin - would be best to create a new support question with all your details, which are probably quite different to Bob's (see SupportGuidelines). This error has come up before, try Googling for "Insecure dependency in connect" twiki Socket.pm.

-- RichardDonkin - 11 Dec 2003

As requested I've created ApacheUpgradeTaintError and searched google but only found an error log indicating the same thing.

-- KevinGagel - 11 Dec 2003

Using Feb 2003 definitely made this problem go away, and ModPerl is wikked fast now. I'm still havening issues upgrading/moving thanks to my old friend GnuSkin, and my not following TWikiUpgradeGuide to the letter/in order. Hopefully I'll have more to share soon about using SuSE 9 and old data. thanks Richard.

-- BobHartmann - 16 Dec 2003