compiling Perl

[Rich Hart_1]

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?

[Shannon Petry]

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

[Philip Chan_1]

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

[Rich Hart_1]

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.

[Randy Richardson]

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.

[Steven Schladale]

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