Error compiling Perl 5.8.6 with gcc 3.4.3 on IA64

[Kalin Evtimov]

I want to compile Perl from scratch in order to get it work better with my system (HP-UX 11.23). I installed gcc 3.4.3-depot from HP. Than I downloaded the Perl-sources (stable) from perl.com and I tried:
$ sh Configure -Dcc=gcc -d
this was Okay, then
$ make
I get this:


$ make
`sh cflags "optimize='-g -O'" miniperlmain.o` miniperlmain.c
CCCMD = gcc -DPERL_CORE -c -D_HPUX_SOURCE -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g -O -Wall
In file included from perl.h:4112,
from miniperlmain.c:36:
/usr/include/sys/ipc.h:51: error: parse error before "cid_t"
/usr/include/sys/ipc.h:56: error: parse error before '}' token
In file included from perl.h:4113,
from miniperlmain.c:36:
/usr/include/sys/sem.h:91: error: field `sem_perm' has incomplete type
*** Error exit code 1

Stop.

Ealrier I got this error trying to install some Perl-Module, but I do not understand this error message. Can anybody give me an advice?
10x a lot!

[Stephen Keane · Accepted solution]

Can you post lines 40 - 60 of /usr/include/sys/ipc.h

might give us a clue

[T G Manikandan]

which make you are using,

use the gnu version of make from

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/make-3.80/

[Kalin Evtimov]

Here is the part from 40-56. The datatype sid is included from types.h

40
41 mode_t mode; /* access modes */
42 unsigned short __seq16;/* OLD slot usage sequence number */
43 key_t key; /* key */
44
45 unsigned short __ndx; /* NOT USED; was ndx of proc who has loc
k */
46 unsigned short __wait; /* waits, wanted, lock bits; reserved fo
r
47 specific ipc facilities */
48
49 unsigned int seq; /* slot usage sequence number */
50 # ifdef _INCLUDE_HPUX_SOURCE
51 cid_t cid; /* Compartment ID */
52 # else
53 int __cpad; /* pad for non-hp code */
54 # endif /* _INCLUDE_HPUX_SOURCE */
55 char pad[12];/* room for future expansion */
56 };

[Stephen Keane]

Can you post the definition of cid_t from types.h (if it is in there) including any wrapping #ifdef type stuff. I don't have an Itanium, so my header files are different and don't include the cid_t type at all!

[Kalin Evtimov]

make responds to all calls with:
No arguments or desription file

How can I use the GNU make by default?

[T G Manikandan]

To use GNU make Install GNU make and add it at the beginning of the PATH variable.

[Kalin Evtimov]

I posted the types.h as attachment. 10x for helping.

[Stephen Keane]

Looks like you are going to need an additional -D_INCLUDE_POSIX_SOURCE in your makefile to make it work.

[Kalin Evtimov]

About gmake: It gave the same error

If I knew what -D_INCLUDE_POSIX_SOURCE is, I would also complete the make file. But my C knowledge..hm..
Is there any other general approach for getting Perl on my machine (but not as depot, because depots are precompiled with ANSI C and I don't have it and this makes some other installations impossible :( )