Re: syntax error in eRServer.pm line 69

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--On Mittwoch, September 03, 2003 07:38:52 -0700 Bill Montgomery
<billm(at)lulu(dot)com> wrote:

> I am installing erserver 1.2 right now, and am having a problem with
> the ers_addslave program. It uses the eRServer.pm perl module, which
> perl is failing to compile. Observe:
>
> [erserver(at)mybox erserver]$ ers_addslave --slaveserver=myslave
> --slavedb=mydb --slaveuser=myuser --slavepass=mypass
> String found where operator expected at
> /usr/local/erserver/lib/eRServer.pm line 69, near "sprint ",\n""
> (Do you need to predeclare sprint?)
> syntax error at /usr/local/erserver/lib/eRServer.pm line 69, near
> "sprint ",\n""
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/erserver/bin/ers_addslave
> line 13.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /usr/local/erserver/bin/ers_addslave line 13.
>
> This is line 69 of my eRServer.pm:
>
> $table_struct .= sprint ",\n";
>
> It looks like the sprint should simply be an sprintf, but I am
> surprised that I found no other mention of this on any of the
> comp.databases.postgresql.* groups. Is this a bug? Am I insane?
>
> TIA,
>
> Bill Montgomery
>
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