I get a lot of garbage using perl 5.8.6. - '"my" variable %s masks = earlier declaration in same scope at perl_modules/%s.pm' Makes you wonder, huh? "Testing? We don't need no steenking testing!" ----------------- Ron Reidy Lead DBA Array BioPharma, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:43 PM To: Oracle-L Freelists Subject: Opatch rant Wanna see something interesting with opatch? *nix: perl -cw $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch.pl Windoze: perl -cw %ORACLE_HOME%\opatch\opatch.pl Anyone else have trouble with opatch and Perl 5.8.3? Windows 2003 Perl 5.8.3 Opatch 1.0....52 Opatch either exits with an error code that is a very long negative = number, or just spits out its copyright information and quits. Interestingly, installing Perl 5.0.00503 in OH/Apache cures the problem, = as the opatch.bat script will find it there and it runs happily. 5.8.3 seems to work fine on a Win2K box with the same version of opatch. --=20 Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which = contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is = intended=20 to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are = not the=20 intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, = distribution=20 or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify = the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us = by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l