trouble building perl5.005_3 on Solaris 2.6

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From Alan.Hobesh@barclaysglobal.com

Thanks.

Alan Hobesh

PROBLEM​:

asgp@​asg-sf03[116] make
make​: Warning​: Both `makefile' and `Makefile' exist
../miniperl configpm tmp
Use of uninitialized value at configpm line 403.
configpm​: tmp not valid at configpm line 403.
*** Error code 255
make​: Fatal error​: Command failed for target `lib/Config.pm'

OUTPUT of ./myconfig

Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration​:
  Platform​:
  osname=solaris, osvers=2.6, archname=sun4-solaris
  uname='sunos asg-sf03 5.6 generic_105181-13 sun4u sparc sunw,ultra-4 '
  hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
  usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler​:
  cc='gcc', optimize='-O', gccversion=2.7.2.3
  cppflags='-I/usr/local/include -DDEBUGGING'
  ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include -DDEBUGGING'
  stdchar='unsigned char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
  intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
  d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
  alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries​:
  ld='gcc', ldflags ='-L/usr/local/lib -L/asgp/asgp/tools-src/lib'
  libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
/asgp/asgp/tools-src/lib
  libs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lftp
  libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking​:
  dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
  cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/usr/local/lib
-L/asgp/asgp/tools-src/lib'

OBSERVATIONS​:
I just built the same version of perl on another Solaris machine. Here are
the differnces between the configs​:

diff alan_config_output.broken alan_config_output.working
3,5c3,5
< osname=solaris, osvers=2.6, archname=sun4-solaris
< uname='sunos asg-sf03 5.6 generic_105181-13 sun4u sparc sunw,ultra-4 '
< hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define

---

osname=solaris\, osvers=2\.5\.1\, archname=sun4\-solaris
uname='sunos cheetah 5\.5\.1 generic\_103640\-26 sun4u sparc sunw\,ultra\-2

'

hint=recommended\, useposix=true\, d\_sigaction=define

8c8
< cc='gcc', optimize='-O', gccversion=2.7.2.3

---

cc='gcc'\, optimize='\-O'\, gccversion=2\.7\.2

16,18c16,18
< ld='gcc', ldflags ='-L/usr/local/lib -L/asgp/asgp/tools-src/lib'
< libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
/asgp/asgp/tools-src/lib
< libs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lftp

---

ld='gcc'\, ldflags ='\-L/usr/local/lib

-L/ext203/home/hobea/tools-src/lib'

libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib

/ext203/home/hobea/tools-src/lib

libs=\-lsocket \-lnsl \-ldb \-ldl \-lm \-lc \-lcrypt \-lftp

22c22
< cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/usr/local/lib
-L/asgp/asgp/tools-src/lib'

---

cccdlflags='\-fPIC'\, lddlflags='\-G \-L/usr/local/lib

-L/ext203/home/hobea/tools-src/lib'