"cpan> install sybperl" errors on an Itaunium rx4640 HP-UX 11.23

[Dennis Handly]

>binary executables that are built on PA-RISC and copied over and run on Itanium (assuming the clock speeds are the same) gain *nothing* in performance from being executed on an Itanium server.

Why would the clock speeds be the same? Especially if you have an old PA box.

>My attempt to build Perl failed with the following error message.
cc: "eval.c", line 2924: error 1527: Incompatible types in cast: Must cast from scalar to scalar or to void type.
cc: "eval.c", line 2927: error 1527: Incompatible types in cast: Must cast from scalar to scalar or to void type.

>Is this because if incompatibilities between K&R style C and ANSI C?

Not sure. I would have to see the source to figure this out. Can you compile eval.c and add the -E option and provide the stdout?

>The only option then, is to build on PA-RISC and copy the executable over to Itanium.

Yes.

>Maybe it is time to close this thread and post a new one called "Building sybperl on PA-RISC HP-UX 11.23 Sybase 15".

We have too much invested in this thread to create a new one. :-)

>but it seems like a waste of everyone's time to go off topic and this specific post

Don't worry about it. Just continue here until we get it solved or you give up. :-)

[James Michael Lee]

Sadly this project was abandoned, for now at least. It will be resurected when a PA-RISC server can be made available. As far as building sybperl on Itanium goes, for Sybase 15 & Sybase 15 this will not be attempted because the sybase versions are PA-RISC that run on an emulator on Itanium. Thanks again to all who helped, we may talk again soon about the PA-RISC build.