topic Re: compiling Perl in Operating System - HP-UX

compiling Perl

Rich Hart_1 — Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:40:46 GMT

Hi all,
I'm compiling perl, and I keep getting errors during make test on pwent, gwent and io_xs. I've patched the 11i system with the latest and greatest patches, etc, to no avail. Anyone got any hints as to where to look to fix this?

Re: compiling Perl

Shannon Petry — Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:46:11 GMT

The problem is most definately NOT patches!

There are lots of problems if you are using the HP Supplied K&R compiler. Reading the perl docs will reveal that you either need gnuC or HP ANSI/C. I have compiled with both and have gotten no errors.

Remember that with GNU-C you must also install bin-utils!

Regards,
Shannon

Re: compiling Perl

Philip Chan_1 — Thu, 26 Apr 2001 01:08:00 GMT

Yes, give gcc a try, it might saves you great deal of time and effort. Follow the links below for gcc and binutil software depots.

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gcc-2.95.3/

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/binutils-2.11/

Good luck.

Philip

Re: compiling Perl

Rich Hart_1 — Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:50:25 GMT

I didn't think the patches were the problem.

I have the HP ansic compiler, not gcc. I prefer to build optimized applications, so on PA-Risc, I'll avoid gcc as much as possible. I guess it's time to start tracing the system calls.

Also as a side-note, io_xs fails when make runs the test, but passes when the test is run manually. I'll go ahead and let that one pass if I can figure out the passwd/group entity problem.

Re: compiling Perl

Randy Richardson — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:02:15 GMT

I have the same gwent failure. Is there a solution? If not, how do I bypass this test and complete my Perl compile? Don't waste time telling me about Gcc, I am using HP-AnsiC.

Re: compiling Perl

Steven Schladale — Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:43:55 GMT

I solved this problem by modifing the pwent.t and grent.t files so the only read to the max number of users (/etc/passwd) and groups (/etc/group). As it is both tests attempt to 25 entries from those files. If you don't have 25 entries the test fails. For grent.t go to line 63 and change the number "25" to the total number of groups on your system, e.g "cat /etc/group | wc -l".
Steve