Errors in compilation: Perl 5.8.8 on HP-UX 11.31 IA

[Syed Madar J S]

Hi,
We are trying to build Opensource perl sources, the build succeeds but some of the test cases fail.
We have installed the latest verion of perl 5.8.8,from CPAN.

Most of the test cases fail with "Memory Fault"

one of them as below:

log:
----
$ /aperlz/cpan/perl-5.8.8/perl ext/Storable/t/forgive.t
1..8
ok 1
ok 2
not ok 3
not ok 4
can't open store: No such file or directory at ext/Storable/t/forgive.t line 63
Memory fault
-----

Please provide your inputs on this:

We are using,

HP-UX 11.31 on Itanium server.
Setting the PERL5LIB variable to "/aperlz/cpan/perl-5.8.8/lib".


Thanks,
Syed.

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

did you install this version of perl at that location /aperlz/... or did you copy it to that directory?
After copying an installed perl-tree you're advised to execute 'reloc_perl' .

Next: did you use YOUR perl version in the standard procdure?
cd module-dir
perl Makefile.PL # here!
make
make test

MOre: Until now all my used perl version were found in .../bin/perl and not in something like .../perl-5.8.8/perl

Are there reasons not use one of the existing
Perl distributions of Merijn (procura)?
I'm shure, you'll find his trace here in the ITRC ...


mfG Peter

[Syed Madar J S]

Hi,

Thanks for the response:

perl is built at /aperlz. directory.
It is not yet installed because of the make test failures.

It is at this step it gives the failiure:

" make test"

Thanks,
Syed.

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi Syed,

>>
perl is built at /aperlz. directory.
It is not yet installed because of the make test failures.
<<

My idea always was:
1) install a perl version or distribution (may contain already tons of modules)
2) (try to) add required modules to that installation
3) If 2) is done for every module and if required, relocate this installation to the final place.

Other question:
Did the adding of other modules work?
If yes, perhaps this test failure tells you, that this module doen't fit to that perl environment.

mfG Peter

[Syed Madar J S]

Thanks All.