Compiling perl with gcc from scratch (Where for art thou, Procura?)

[A. Daniel King_1]

Hi, folks.

I had a great and most helpful thread (which included Procura & other guru-types) some time back about perl 5.6.1 and gcc 3.1:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x11db91ccb36bd611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

Apparently these two items were incompatible.

I'm now building an upgrade/new HP-UX 11i system, and I'm wondering what versions are current. What version gcc compiler should I use that would be the latest and greatest, but not break the compatibility with perl 5.6.1. Or indeed, should I use perl 5.6.1 just because that is what is on the system to be upgraded?

If I go get gcc 3.2.2 and perl 5.8.0, and I'm in a from-scratch situation, will I be able to compile perl 5.8.0?

Any thoughts on a proper build-tool chain would be most appreciated!

[H.Merijn Brand (procura · Accepted solution]

Oh oh oh, so many questions, so little trust in what's on the system :)

My advice: unless you *need* 5.8.0 (unicode 64bitness et all), wait two month, then we will have a shiny new perl-5.8.1 and a brand new gcc-3.3, and just use what HP has already installed. It's fine (for the time being)

Off course my pages will be the first to host these, but if you cannot wait, use gcc-3.2 or up and the 5.8.0 tarball. They should work fine together. Or download my port for 11.00 which is prepared for Oracle and includes DBI.

http://www.cmve.net/~merijn or https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[A. Daniel King_1]

Always a pleasure, Procura!