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I fixed this by forcing a reinstall of Scalar::Util

cpan

then

install Scalar::Util

If it says it is already up to date, then do:

force install Scalar::Util
 

I've been running BackupPC with compression turned off to fix this. I'd love to try Mr.Anonymous' suggestion, however Hoover's down. Either a motherboard or CPU issue--it won't run for more than a few minutes without a panic. Even memtest fails with an unxpected general protection interrupt. A replacement is on its way. Will post when it's back up (no pun intended) ;-)
 

Since this post, Hoover has been retired (it’s toast) and a new machine has been installed with Fedora 8. The good news is the compression issue was resolved by the new install. The bad news is I never got to see if Mr. Anonymous’ suggestion would have fixed it.
 

I've had a simular trouble.
Program said that Compress::Zlib isn't found, but it was in system.

I've found that Compress:Zlib depends on other libs, just look into Zlib.pm:


use AutoLoader;
use Carp ;
use IO::Handle ;
use Scalar::Util qw(dualvar);

use IO::Compress::Base::Common 2.008 ;
use Compress::Raw::Zlib 2.008 ;
use IO::Compress::Gzip 2.008 ;
use IO::Uncompress::Gunzip 2.008 ;

After I had installed all this stuff, everything gone ok.

(You should check that all these files are realy on their places - sometimes installed packages put their files into some strange places like /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i486-blablalinuxblablalbla instead of /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/
 

I've had a simular trouble.
Program said that Compress::Zlib isn't found, but it was in system.

I've found that Compress:Zlib depends on other libs, just look into Zlib.pm:


use AutoLoader;
use Carp ;
use IO::Handle ;
use Scalar::Util qw(dualvar);

use IO::Compress::Base::Common 2.008 ;
use Compress::Raw::Zlib 2.008 ;
use IO::Compress::Gzip 2.008 ;
use IO::Uncompress::Gunzip 2.008 ;

After I had installed all this stuff, everything gone ok.

(You should check that all these files are realy on their places - sometimes installed packages put their files into some strange places like /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i486-blablalinuxblablalbla instead of /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/
 

I've had a simular trouble.
Program said that Compress::Zlib isn't found, but it was in system.

I've found that Compress:Zlib depends on other libs, just look into Zlib.pm:


use AutoLoader;
use Carp ;
use IO::Handle ;
use Scalar::Util qw(dualvar);

use IO::Compress::Base::Common 2.008 ;
use Compress::Raw::Zlib 2.008 ;
use IO::Compress::Gzip 2.008 ;
use IO::Uncompress::Gunzip 2.008 ;

After I had installed all this stuff, everything gone ok.

(You should check that all these files are realy on their places - sometimes installed packages put their files into some strange places like /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i486-blablalinuxblablalbla instead of /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/