After trawling through yahoo I'm still not really any closer to figuring this out.

Using LWP::UserAgent to POST to a remote URL I get:

Protocol scheme http:// is not supported (501)

This is to do with the server I'm posting to rather than the server I'm posting from right?

What actually causes this?

It sounds like the installation of LWP on the machine the script is being run from is b0rked. Are there any other scripts working with LWP on that machine? Did you run all tests without errors?

Try re-installing LWP and see what happens.

- wil

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It sounds like the installation of LWP on the machine the script is being run from is b0rked.
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Yeah there are other scripts working fine (infact the same one in a different vhost).

I found this.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...forum.cgi?post=22226

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jsu

However, I don't think that applies to you because you're not such a newb.

So, if protocol http is not found maybe your http.pm isn't working right. Is it only for POST and not GET?

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jsu

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So, if protocol http is not found maybe your http.pm isn't working right. Is it only for POST and not GET?
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Yeah but like I said, it works in one vhost but not another :(

Poopy poop....perl 5.6.1..

rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
sh Configure -de
make
make test
make install

...still not fixed.

I guess I need to delete the modules and start again because currently it just keeps saying "LWP is up to date"

Now I think about it, it seems that it is trying to use http:// as the protocol when it should be GET or POST...this may be something to do with the way I have the code. When I trim http:// from the URL I get:

URL must be absolute (400)

I'm using:


This just seems weird though as it did work before :(

ha. reinstall perl.

i copied your code and added

print $page->{_msg} . "\n"; and without the http:// i get same error as you but with it, it says Not Found (which is the correct response for that page)

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jsu

Yeah but when I put the http:// back in I get "Protocol 'http' not supported"

yea.. i said reinstall perl didn't i?

http is a protocol as is ftp.. maybe you should try to use lwp to download a small file on a ftp server. see if that works.

otherwise fix your LWP/Protocol/http.pm

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jsu

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yea.. i said reinstall perl didn't i?
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yeah and I said I already had didn't I ;)

I also said it worked on one site but then stopped on the other...it makes no sense.

Sorry, I've lost track of this thread -- did you try reinstalling LWP or not?

A quick search on Google usenet groups seems to suggest that as the fix for this problem.

- wil

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::LWP'

"LWP is up to date"
"URI is up to date"

....I reinstalled and recompiled perl, that didn't fix it either.

perl -MCPAN -e 'force install Bundle::LWP'

Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins

But I don't understand if it is up to date, why would it not work, and why does it work on wiredon but not another domain on the same server :(

I'll try forcing it now, thanks.

[root@paul /root]# perl -MCPAN -e 'force install Bundle::LWP'
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Sat, 13 Jul 2002 16:10:20 GMT
MIME::Base64 is up to date.
Digest::MD5 is up to date.
URI is up to date.
Net::FTP is up to date.
HTML::Tagset is up to date.
HTML::Parser is up to date.
HTML::HeadParser is up to date.
LWP is up to date.
[root@paul /root]#

OK I had to use the CPAN shell to get force to work.

perl -MCPAN -e shell
force install Bundle::LWP

Nope still didn't work. After isntalling LWP I don't have HTTP.pm anywhere, only Net/HTTP.pm and:

/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/LWP/Protocol/GHTTP.pm

What happened when you make test ?

- wil

Woooooooooo hallelujah.

I just went wild and forced everything and it fixed it

Thanks yogi.