Can't get perl to work??

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From rick@erienet.net

I have compiled perl on many machines, including systems with the same OS
as this one without problem. This is the first Sparc 5 that I have tried
it on, is there a problem with getting perl to compile on this specific
model or could there be something wrong with this system or am I missing
something?

Attached is the myconfig and a copy of the compilation.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Richard Foos
Erienet Communications
rick@​erienet.net

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From rick@erienet.net

./Configure

Beginning of configuration questions for perl5.

Checking echo to see how to suppress newlines...
...using \c
The star should be here-->*

First let's make sure your kit is complete. Checking...
Looks good...

This installation shell script will examine your system and ask you questions
to determine how the perl5 package should be installed. If you get
stuck on a question, you may use a ! shell escape to start a subshell or
execute a command. Many of the questions will have default answers in square
brackets; typing carriage return will give you the default.

On some of the questions which ask for file or directory names you are allowed
to use the ~name construct to specify the login directory belonging to "name",
even if you don't have a shell which knows about that. Questions where this is
allowed will be marked "(~name ok)".

[Type carriage return to continue]

The prompter used in this script allows you to use shell variables and
backticks in your answers. You may use $1, $2, etc... to refer to the words
in the default answer, as if the default line was a set of arguments given to a
script shell. This means you may also use $* to repeat the whole default line,
so you do not have to re-type everything to add something to the default.

Everytime there is a substitution, you will have to confirm. If there is an
error (e.g. an unmatched backtick), the default answer will remain unchanged
and you will be prompted again.

If you are in a hurry, you may run 'Configure -d'. This will bypass nearly all
the questions and use the computed defaults (or the previous answers if there
was already a config.sh file). Type 'Configure -h' for a list of options.
You may also start interactively and then answer '& -d' at any prompt to turn
on the non-interactive behaviour for the remainder of the execution.

[Type carriage return to continue]

Much effort has been expended to ensure that this shell script will run on any
Unix system. If despite that it blows up on yours, your best bet is to edit
Configure and run it again. If you can't run Configure for some reason,
you'll have to generate a config.sh file by hand. Whatever problems you
have, let perlbug@​perl.com know how I blew it.

This installation script affects things in two ways​:

1) it may do direct variable substitutions on some of the files included
  in this kit.
2) it builds a config.h file for inclusion in C programs. You may edit
  any of these files as the need arises after running this script.

If you make a mistake on a question, there is no easy way to back up to it
currently. The easiest thing to do is to edit config.sh and rerun all the SH
files. Configure will offer to let you do this before it runs the SH files.

[Type carriage return to continue]

Locating common programs...
awk is in /usr/bin/awk.
cat is in /usr/bin/cat.
comm is in /usr/bin/comm.
cp is in /usr/bin/cp.
echo is in /usr/bin/echo.
expr is in /usr/bin/expr.
find is in /usr/bin/find.
grep is in /usr/bin/grep.
ls is in /usr/bin/ls.
make is in /usr/local/bin/make.
mkdir is in /usr/bin/mkdir.
rm is in /usr/bin/rm.
sed is in /usr/bin/sed.
sort is in /usr/bin/sort.
touch is in /usr/bin/touch.
tr is in /usr/bin/tr.
uniq is in /usr/bin/uniq.

Don't worry if any of the following aren't found...
I don't see Mcc out there, offhand.
ar is in /usr/ccs/bin/ar.
I don't see byacc out there, either.
cpp is in /usr/local/bin/cpp.
csh is in /usr/bin/csh.
date is in /usr/bin/date.
egrep is in /usr/bin/egrep.
gzip is in /usr/sbin/gzip.
I don't see less out there, either.
line is in /usr/bin/line.
ln is in /usr/bin/ln.
more is in /usr/bin/more.
nm is in /usr/ccs/bin/nm.
nroff is in /usr/bin/nroff.
perl is in /usr/bin/perl.
pg is in /usr/bin/pg.
sendmail is in /usr/lib/sendmail.
tee is in /usr/bin/tee.
test is in /usr/bin/test.
uname is in /usr/bin/uname.
I don't see zip out there, either.
Using the test built into your sh.

Checking compatibility between /usr/bin/echo and builtin echo (if any)...
They are compatible. In fact, they may be identical.

Symbolic links are supported.

Good, your tr supports [​:lower​:] and [​:upper​:] to convert case.
Using [​:upper​:] and [​:lower​:] to convert case.

First time through, eh? I have some defaults handy for some systems
that need some extra help getting the Configure answers right​:

3b1 dynix irix_6_1 next_3_0 stellar
aix dynixptx isc next_4 sunos_4_0
altos486 epix isc_2 openbsd sunos_4_1
amigaos esix4 linux opus svr4
apollo fps lynxos os2 ti1500
aux_3 freebsd machten os390 titanos
beos genix machten_2 powerux ultrix_4
bsdos gnu mint qnx umips
convexos greenhills mips sco unicos
cxux hpux mpc sco_2_3_0 unicosmk
cygwin32 i386 mpeix sco_2_3_1 unisysdynix
dcosx irix_4 ncr_tower sco_2_3_2 utekv
dec_osf irix_5 netbsd sco_2_3_3 uts
dgux irix_6 newsos4 sco_2_3_4 uwin
dos_djgpp irix_6_0 next_3 solaris_2

You may give one or more space-separated answers, or "none" if appropriate.
A well-behaved OS will have no hints, so answering "none" or just "Policy"
is a good thing. DO NOT give a wrong version.

Which of these apply, if any? [solaris_2]

NOTE​: Some people have reported problems with /usr/ucb/cc.
If you have difficulties, please make sure the directory
containing your C compiler is before /usr/ucb in your PATH.

Configure uses the operating system name and version to set some defaults.
The default value is probably right if the name rings a bell. Otherwise,
since spelling matters for me, either accept the default or answer "none"
to leave it blank.

Operating system name? [solaris]

Operating system version? [2.7]

Perl can be built to take advantage of threads, on some systems.
To do so, Configure must be run with -Dusethreads.

Note that threading is a highly experimental feature, and
some known race conditions still remain. If you choose to try
it, be very sure to not actually deploy it for production
purposes. README.threads has more details, and is required
reading if you enable threads.
Build a threading Perl? [n]

What is your architecture name [sun4-solaris]

AFS does not seem to be running...

By default, perl5 will be installed in /usr/local/bin, manual
pages under /usr/local/man, etc..., i.e. with /usr/local as prefix for
all installation directories. Typically set to /usr/local, but you
may choose /usr if you wish to install perl5 among your system
binaries. If you wish to have binaries under /bin but manual pages
under /usr/local/man, that's ok​: you will be prompted separately
for each of the installation directories, the prefix being only used
to set the defaults.

Installation prefix to use? (~name ok) [/usr/local]

Getting the current patchlevel...
(You have perl5 5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3 .)

There are some auxiliary files for perl5 that need to be put into a
private library directory that is accessible by everyone.

Pathname where the private library files will reside? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503]

Perl5 contains architecture-dependent library files. If you are
sharing libraries in a heterogeneous environment, you might store
these files in a separate location. Otherwise, you can just include
them with the rest of the public library files.

Where do you want to put the public architecture-dependent libraries? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris]

Hmm... Looks kind of like a BSD system, but we'll see...

Congratulations. You aren't running Eunice.

It's not Xenix...

Nor is it Venix...

Some kernels have a bug that prevents setuid #! scripts from being
secure. Some sites have disabled setuid #! scripts because of this.

First let's decide if your kernel supports secure setuid #! scripts.
(If setuid #! scripts would be secure but have been disabled anyway,
don't say that they are secure if asked.)

Congratulations, your kernel has secure setuid scripts!

No need to emulate SUID scripts since they are secure here.

System manual is in /usr/man/man1.

Some systems have different model sizes. On most systems they are called
small, medium, large, and huge. On the PDP11 they are called unsplit and
split. If your system doesn't support different memory models, say "none".
If you wish to force everything to one memory model, say "none" here and
put the appropriate flags later when it asks you for other cc and ld flags.
Venix systems may wish to put "none" and let the compiler figure things out.
(In the following question multiple model names should be space separated.)

The default for most systems is "none".

Which memory models are supported? [none]

Use which C compiler? [cc]
^C
Aurora​:12​:53​:28​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:28​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$ ./Configure
Aurora​:12​:53​:35​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:35​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:35​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:36​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:36​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:36​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:36​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:36​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:37​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:38​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:38​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:38​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:38​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:38​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:38​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$
Aurora​:12​:53​:38​:~/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03$ ./Configure

Beginning of configuration questions for perl5.

Checking echo to see how to suppress newlines...
...using \c
The star should be here-->*

First let's make sure your kit is complete. Checking...
Looks good...

Would you like to see the instructions? [n]

Locating common programs...
awk is in /usr/bin/awk.
cat is in /usr/bin/cat.
comm is in /usr/bin/comm.
cp is in /usr/bin/cp.
echo is in /usr/bin/echo.
expr is in /usr/bin/expr.
find is in /usr/bin/find.
grep is in /usr/bin/grep.
ls is in /usr/bin/ls.
make is in /usr/local/bin/make.
mkdir is in /usr/bin/mkdir.
rm is in /usr/bin/rm.
sed is in /usr/bin/sed.
sort is in /usr/bin/sort.
touch is in /usr/bin/touch.
tr is in /usr/bin/tr.
uniq is in /usr/bin/uniq.

Don't worry if any of the following aren't found...
I don't see Mcc out there, offhand.
ar is in /usr/ccs/bin/ar.
I don't see byacc out there, either.
cpp is in /usr/local/bin/cpp.
csh is in /usr/bin/csh.
date is in /usr/bin/date.
egrep is in /usr/bin/egrep.
gzip is in /usr/sbin/gzip.
I don't see less out there, either.
line is in /usr/bin/line.
ln is in /usr/bin/ln.
more is in /usr/bin/more.
nm is in /usr/ccs/bin/nm.
nroff is in /usr/bin/nroff.
perl is in /usr/bin/perl.
pg is in /usr/bin/pg.
sendmail is in /usr/lib/sendmail.
tee is in /usr/bin/tee.
test is in /usr/bin/test.
uname is in /usr/bin/uname.
I don't see zip out there, either.
Using the test built into your sh.

Checking compatibility between /usr/bin/echo and builtin echo (if any)...
They are compatible. In fact, they may be identical.

Symbolic links are supported.

Good, your tr supports [​:lower​:] and [​:upper​:] to convert case.
Using [​:upper​:] and [​:lower​:] to convert case.

First time through, eh? I have some defaults handy for some systems
that need some extra help getting the Configure answers right​:

3b1 dynix irix_6_1 next_3_0 stellar
aix dynixptx isc next_4 sunos_4_0
altos486 epix isc_2 openbsd sunos_4_1
amigaos esix4 linux opus svr4
apollo fps lynxos os2 ti1500
aux_3 freebsd machten os390 titanos
beos genix machten_2 powerux ultrix_4
bsdos gnu mint qnx umips
convexos greenhills mips sco unicos
cxux hpux mpc sco_2_3_0 unicosmk
cygwin32 i386 mpeix sco_2_3_1 unisysdynix
dcosx irix_4 ncr_tower sco_2_3_2 utekv
dec_osf irix_5 netbsd sco_2_3_3 uts
dgux irix_6 newsos4 sco_2_3_4 uwin
dos_djgpp irix_6_0 next_3 solaris_2

You may give one or more space-separated answers, or "none" if appropriate.
A well-behaved OS will have no hints, so answering "none" or just "Policy"
is a good thing. DO NOT give a wrong version.

Which of these apply, if any? [solaris_2]

NOTE​: Some people have reported problems with /usr/ucb/cc.
If you have difficulties, please make sure the directory
containing your C compiler is before /usr/ucb in your PATH.

Configure uses the operating system name and version to set some defaults.
The default value is probably right if the name rings a bell. Otherwise,
since spelling matters for me, either accept the default or answer "none"
to leave it blank.

Operating system name? [solaris]

Operating system version? [2.7]

Perl can be built to take advantage of threads, on some systems.
To do so, Configure must be run with -Dusethreads.

Note that threading is a highly experimental feature, and
some known race conditions still remain. If you choose to try
it, be very sure to not actually deploy it for production
purposes. README.threads has more details, and is required
reading if you enable threads.
Build a threading Perl? [n]

What is your architecture name [sun4-solaris]

AFS does not seem to be running...

By default, perl5 will be installed in /usr/local/bin, manual
pages under /usr/local/man, etc..., i.e. with /usr/local as prefix for
all installation directories. Typically set to /usr/local, but you
may choose /usr if you wish to install perl5 among your system
binaries. If you wish to have binaries under /bin but manual pages
under /usr/local/man, that's ok​: you will be prompted separately
for each of the installation directories, the prefix being only used
to set the defaults.

Installation prefix to use? (~name ok) [/usr/local]

Getting the current patchlevel...
(You have perl5 5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3 .)

There are some auxiliary files for perl5 that need to be put into a
private library directory that is accessible by everyone.

Pathname where the private library files will reside? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503]

Perl5 contains architecture-dependent library files. If you are
sharing libraries in a heterogeneous environment, you might store
these files in a separate location. Otherwise, you can just include
them with the rest of the public library files.

Where do you want to put the public architecture-dependent libraries? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris]

Hmm... Looks kind of like a BSD system, but we'll see...

Congratulations. You aren't running Eunice.

It's not Xenix...

Nor is it Venix...

Some kernels have a bug that prevents setuid #! scripts from being
secure. Some sites have disabled setuid #! scripts because of this.

First let's decide if your kernel supports secure setuid #! scripts.
(If setuid #! scripts would be secure but have been disabled anyway,
don't say that they are secure if asked.)

Congratulations, your kernel has secure setuid scripts!

No need to emulate SUID scripts since they are secure here.

System manual is in /usr/man/man1.

Some systems have different model sizes. On most systems they are called
small, medium, large, and huge. On the PDP11 they are called unsplit and
split. If your system doesn't support different memory models, say "none".
If you wish to force everything to one memory model, say "none" here and
put the appropriate flags later when it asks you for other cc and ld flags.
Venix systems may wish to put "none" and let the compiler figure things out.
(In the following question multiple model names should be space separated.)

The default for most systems is "none".

Which memory models are supported? [none]

Use which C compiler? [cc] gcc
./Configure​: -V​: not found

NOTE​: You are using GNU ld(1). GNU ld(1) will not build Perl.
I'm arranging to use /usr/ccs/bin/ld by including -B/usr/ccs/bin/
in your gcc command. (Note that the trailing "/" is required.)

Checking for GNU cc in disguise and/or its version number...
You are using GNU cc 2.95.1 19990816 (release).

Hmm... Doesn't look like a MIPS system.

Now, how can we feed standard input to your C preprocessor...
Maybe "gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ -E" will work...
Nope...maybe "gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ -E -" will work...
Yup, it does.

Some systems have incompatible or broken versions of libraries. Among
the directories listed in the question below, please remove any you
know not to be holding relevant libraries, and add any that are needed.
Say "none" for none.

Directories to use for library searches?
[/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib]

On some systems, shared libraries may be available. Answer 'none' if
you want to suppress searching of shared libraries for the remaining
of this configuration.

What is the file extension used for shared libraries? [so]

Checking for optional libraries...
No -lsfio.
Found -lsocket (shared).
No -linet.
Found -lnsl (shared).
No -lnm.
No -lndbm.
No -lgdbm.
No -ldbm.
No -ldb.
Found -ldl (shared).
No -ldld.
No -lsun.
Found -lm (shared).
Found -lc (shared).
No -lcposix.
No -lposix.
No -lndir.
No -ldir.
Found -lcrypt (shared).
No -lbsd.
No -lBSD.
No -lPW.
No -lx.

Some versions of Unix support shared libraries, which make executables smaller
but make load time slightly longer.

On some systems, mostly System V Release 3's, the shared library is included
by putting the option "-lc_s" as the last thing on the cc command line when
linking. Other systems use shared libraries by default. There may be other
libraries needed to compile perl5 on your machine as well. If your system
needs the "-lc_s" option, include it here. Include any other special libraries
here as well. Say "none" for none.

Any additional libraries? [-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt]

Some C compilers have problems with their optimizers. By default, perl5
compiles with the -O flag to use the optimizer. Alternately, you might want
to use the symbolic debugger, which uses the -g flag (on traditional Unix
systems). Either flag can be specified here. To use neither flag, specify
the word "none".

What optimizer/debugger flag should be used? [-O]

Your C compiler may want other flags. For this question you should include
-I/whatever and -DWHATEVER flags and any other flags used by the C compiler,
but you should NOT include libraries or ld flags like -lwhatever. If you
want perl5 to honor its debug switch, you should include -DDEBUGGING here.
Your C compiler might also need additional flags, such as -D_POSIX_SOURCE.

To use no flags, specify the word "none".

Any additional cc flags? [-I/usr/local/include]

Let me guess what the preprocessor flags are...
They appear to be​: -I/usr/local/include

Your C linker may need flags. For this question you should
include -L/whatever and any other flags used by the C linker, but you
should NOT include libraries like -lwhatever.

Make sure you include the appropriate -L/path flags if your C linker
does not normally search all of the directories you specified above,
namely
  /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
To use no flags, specify the word "none".

Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)? [ -L/usr/local/lib]

Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency...
OK, that should do.

Computing filename position in cpp output for #include directives...
Your cpp writes the filename in the third field of the line.

<malloc.h> found.

<stdlib.h> found.

Do you wish to attempt to use the malloc that comes with perl5? [y]

Your system wants malloc to return 'void *', it would seem.
Your system uses void free(), it would seem.

Checking out function prototypes...
Your C compiler appears to support function prototypes.

Pathname where the public executables will reside? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/bin]

Many scripts expect to perl to be installed as /usr/bin/perl.
I can install the perl you are about to compile also as /usr/bin/perl
(in addition to /usr/local/bin/perl).
Do you want to install perl as /usr/bin/perl? [y]

Checking for GNU C Library...
You are not using the GNU C Library

I can use /usr/ccs/bin/nm to extract the symbols from your C libraries. This
is a time consuming task which may generate huge output on the disk (up
to 3 megabytes) but that should make the symbols extraction faster. The
alternative is to skip the 'nm' extraction part and to compile a small
test program instead to determine whether each symbol is present. If
you have a fast C compiler and/or if your 'nm' output cannot be parsed,
this may be the best solution.

You probably shouldn't let me use 'nm' if you are using the GNU C Library.

Shall I use /usr/ccs/bin/nm to extract C symbols from the libraries? [y]

Your (shared) C library seems to be in /lib/libc.so.

If the guess above is wrong (which it might be if you're using a strange
compiler, or your machine supports multiple models), you can override it here.

Where is your C library? [/lib/libc.so]

Extracting names from the following files for later perusal​:

  /lib/libc.so
  /lib/libcrypt.so.1
  /lib/libdl.so.1
  /lib/libm.so.1
  /lib/libnsl.so.1
  /lib/libsocket.so.1

This may take a while...
..done

<dld.h> NOT found.

dlopen() found.

Do you wish to use dynamic loading? [y] The following dynamic loading files are available​:
ext/DynaLoader/dl_aix.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs
ext/DynaLoader/dl_beos.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_mpeix.xs
ext/DynaLoader/dl_cygwin32.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_next.xs
ext/DynaLoader/dl_dld.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_none.xs
ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs
Source file to use for dynamic loading [ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs]

Some systems may require passing special flags to gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ -c to
compile modules that will be used to create a shared library.
To use no flags, say "none".

Any special flags to pass to gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ -c to compile shared library modules?
[-fPIC]

Some systems use ld to create libraries that can be dynamically loaded,
while other systems (such as those using ELF) use gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/.

You appear to have ELF support. I'll use gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ to build dynamic libraries.
What command should be used to create dynamic libraries?
[gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/] gcc

Some systems may require passing special flags to gcc to create a
library that can be dynamically loaded. If your ld flags include
-L/other/path options to locate libraries outside your loader's normal
search path, you may need to specify those -L options here as well. To
use no flags, say "none".

Any special flags to pass to gcc to create a dynamically loaded library?
[-G -L/usr/local/lib]

Some systems may require passing special flags to gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ to indicate that
the resulting executable will use dynamic linking. To use no flags,
say "none".

Any special flags to pass to gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ to use dynamic loading?
[none]

The perl executable is normally obtained by linking perlmain.c with
libperl.a, any static extensions (usually just DynaLoader), and
any other libraries needed on this system (such as -lm, etc.). Since
your system supports dynamic loading, it is probably possible to build
a shared libperl.so. If you will have more than one executable linked
to libperl.so, this will significantly reduce the size of each
executable, but it may have a noticeable affect on performance. The
default is probably sensible for your system.

Build a shared libperl.so (y/n) [n]

Perl5 has manual pages available in source form.
If you don't want the manual sources installed, answer 'none'.

Where do the main Perl5 manual pages (source) go? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/man/man1]
What suffix should be used for the main Perl5 man pages? [1]

You can have filenames longer than 14 characters.

Perl5 has manual pages for many of the library modules.
If you don't want the manual sources installed, answer 'none'.

Where do the perl5 library man pages (source) go? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/man/man3]
What suffix should be used for the perl5 library man pages? [3]

Figuring out host name...
Maybe "hostname" will work...
Your host name appears to be "mail". Right? [y]
(You do not have fully-qualified names in /etc/hosts)
(Attempting domain name extraction from /etc/resolv.conf)

What is your domain name? [.saintmail.net]

I need to get your e-mail address in Internet format if possible, i.e.
something like user@​host.domain. Please answer accurately since I have
no easy means to double check it. The default value provided below
is most probably close to the reality but may not be valid from outside
your organization...

What is your e-mail address? [rick@​mail.saintmail.net]

If you or somebody else will be maintaining perl at your site, please
fill in the correct e-mail address here so that they may be contacted
if necessary. Currently, the "perlbug" program included with perl
will send mail to this address in addition to perlbug@​perl.com. You may
enter "none" for no administrator.

Perl administrator e-mail address [rick@​mail.saintmail.net]

I can use the #! construct to start perl on your system. This will
make startup of perl scripts faster, but may cause problems if you
want to share those scripts and perl is not in a standard place
(/usr/local/bin/perl) on all your platforms. The alternative is to force
a shell by starting the script with a single '​:' character.

What shall I put after the #! to start up perl ("none" to not use #!)?
[/usr/local/bin/perl]
I'll use #!/usr/local/bin/perl to start perl scripts.

Some installations have a separate directory just for executable scripts so
that they can mount it across multiple architectures but keep the scripts in
one spot. You might, for example, have a subdirectory of /usr/share for this.
Or you might just lump your scripts in with all your other executables.

Where do you keep publicly executable scripts? (~name ok) [/usr/local/bin]

The installation process will also create a directory for
site-specific extensions and modules. Some users find it convenient
to place all local files in this directory rather than in the main
distribution directory.

Pathname for the site-specific library files? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005]

The installation process will also create a directory for
architecture-dependent site-specific extensions and modules.

Pathname for the site-specific architecture-dependent library files? (~name ok)
[/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris]

Previous version of perl5 used the standard IO mechanisms as defined
in <stdio.h>. Versions 5.003_02 and later of perl allow alternate IO
mechanisms via a "PerlIO" abstraction, but the stdio mechanism is still
the default. This abstraction layer can use AT&T's sfio (if you already
have sfio installed) or regular stdio. Using PerlIO with sfio may cause
problems with some extension modules. Using PerlIO with stdio is safe,
but it is slower than plain stdio and therefore is not the default.

If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default 'n'.
Use the experimental PerlIO abstraction layer? [n]
Ok, doing things the stdio way

Checking for an efficient way to convert floats to strings.
Trying gconvert
gconvert found.
I'll use gconvert to convert floats into a string.

access() found.

<unistd.h> defines the *_OK access constants.

alarm() found.

Checking whether your compiler can handle __attribute__ ...
Your C compiler supports __attribute__.

bcmp() found.

bcopy() found.

<unistd.h> found.

getpgrp() found.

Checking to see which flavor of getpgrp is in use...
You have to use getpgrp() instead of getpgrp(pid).

setpgrp() found.

Checking to see which flavor of setpgrp is in use...
You have to use setpgrp() instead of setpgrp(pid,pgrp).

bzero() found.

Checking to see how big your integers are...
Your integers are 4 bytes long.
Your long integers are 4 bytes long.
Your short integers are 2 bytes long.

You have void (*signal())().

Checking whether your C compiler can cast large floats to int32.
Yup, it can.

Checking whether your C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned.
Yup, it can.

vprintf() found.
Your vsprintf() returns (int).

chown() found.

chroot() found.

chsize() NOT found.

Checking to see if your C compiler knows about "const"...
Yup, it does.

crypt() found.

cuserid() found.

<limits.h> found.

<float.h> found.

DBL_DIG found.

difftime() found.

<sys/stat.h> found.

<dirent.h> found.

gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Your directory entries are struct dirent.

gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Your directory entry does not know about the d_namlen field.

dlerror() found.

<dlfcn.h> found.

On a few systems, the dynamically loaded modules that perl generates and uses
will need a different extension than shared libs. The default will probably
be appropriate.

What is the extension of dynamically loaded modules [so]

Checking whether your dlsym() needs a leading underscore ...
dlsym doesn't need a leading underscore.

dup2() found.

endhostent() found.

endnetent() found.

endprotoent() found.

endservent() found.

<fcntl.h> defines the O_* constants...
and you have the 3 argument form of open().

Figuring out the flag used by open() for non-blocking I/O...
Seems like we can use O_NONBLOCK.

Let's see what value errno gets from read() on a O_NONBLOCK file...
A read() system call with no data present returns -1.
Your read() sets errno to EAGAIN when no data is available.
And it correctly returns 0 to signal EOF.

fchmod() found.

fchown() found.

fcntl() found.

fgetpos() found.

flock() NOT found.

fork() found.

pathconf() found.

fpathconf() found.

fsetpos() found.

gethostbyaddr() found.

gethostbyname() found.

<sys/param.h> found.

<sys/mount.h> found.

fstatfs() found.

<sys/statvfs.h> found.

fstatvfs() found.

gethostent() found.

<netdb.h> found.

gethostent() prototype found.

getlogin() found.

getnetbyaddr() found.

getnetbyname() found.

getnetent() found.

getnetent() prototype found.

getprotobyname() found.

getprotobynumber() found.

getprotoent() found.

<mntent.h> NOT found.

getmntent() found.

hasmntopt() found.

getpgid() found.

getpgrp2() NOT found.

getppid() found.

getpriority() found.

getprotoent() prototype found.

getservbyname() found.

getservbyport() found.

getservent() found.

getservent() prototype found.

gettimeofday() found.

<netinet/in.h> found.

<arpa/inet.h> found.

htonl() found.

Using <string.h> instead of <strings.h>.

strchr() found.

inet_aton() NOT found.

isascii() found.

killpg() found.

lchown() found.

link() found.

localeconv() found.

lockf() found.

Checking to see if your system supports long doubles... Yup, it does.

Checking to see how big your long doubles are... 16 bytes.

Checking to see if your system supports long long... Yup, it does.

Checking to see how big your long longs are... 8 bytes.

lstat() found.

mblen() found.

mbstowcs() found.

mbtowc() found.

memcmp() found.

memcpy() found.

memmove() found.

memset() found.

mkdir() found.

mkfifo() found.

mktime() found.

msgctl() found.

msgget() found.

msgsnd() found.

msgrcv() found.

You have the full msg*(2) library.

nice() found.

pause() found.

pipe() found.

poll() found.
pthread_yield() NOT found.
sched_yield() NOT found.

<pthread.h> found.

<mach/cthreads.h> NOT found.

<pwd.h> found.

setpwent() found.

getpwent() found.

endpwent() found.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used

readdir() found.

seekdir() found.

telldir() found.

rewinddir() found.

readlink() found.

rename() found.

rmdir() found.

<memory.h> found.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used

We won't be including <memory.h>.

Checking to see if your bcopy() can do overlapping copies...
Yes, it can.

Checking to see if your memcpy() can do overlapping copies...
It can't, sorry.
But that's Ok since you have memmove().

Checking if your memcmp() can compare relative magnitude...
Yes, it can.

select() found.

semctl() found.

semget() found.

semop() found.

You have the full sem*(2) library.

You do not have union semun in <sys/sem.h>.

You can use union semun for semctl IPC_STAT.
You cannot use struct semid_ds* for semctl IPC_STAT.

setegid() found.

seteuid() found.

sethostent() found.

setlinebuf() found.

setlocale() found.

setnetent() found.

setprotoent() found.

setpgid() found.

setpgrp2() NOT found.

setpriority() found.

setregid() found.

setresgid() NOT found.

setreuid() found.

setresuid() NOT found.

setrgid() NOT found.

setruid() NOT found.

setservent() found.

setsid() found.

setvbuf() found.

<sfio.h> NOT found.

shmctl() found.

shmget() found.

shmat() found.
and it returns (void *).

shmdt() found.

You have the full shm*(2) library.

sigaction() found.

POSIX sigsetjmp found.

Hmm... Looks like you have Berkeley networking support.

socketpair() found.

Checking how std your stdio is...
Your stdio acts pretty std.
And its _base field acts std.

strcoll() found.

Checking to see if your C compiler can copy structs...
Yup, it can.

strerror() found.
(You also have sys_errlist[], so we could roll our own strerror.)

strtod() found.

strtol() found.

strtoul() found.

strxfrm() found.

symlink() found.

syscall() found.

sysconf() found.

system() found.

tcgetpgrp() found.

tcsetpgrp() found.

<sys/times.h> found.

times() found.

Looking for the type returned by times() on this system.
clock_t found.

truncate() found.

tzname[] found.

umask() found.

uname() found.

vfork() found.

Perl can only use a vfork() that doesn't suffer from strict
restrictions on calling functions or modifying global data in
the child. For example, glibc-2.1 contains such a vfork()
that is unsuitable. If your system provides a proper fork()
call, chances are that you do NOT want perl to use vfork().

Do you still want to use vfork()? [n]
Ok, we won't use vfork().

<sys/dir.h> NOT found.

<sys/ndir.h> NOT found.

<sys/types.h> found.

closedir() found.

Checking whether closedir() returns a status...
Yes, it does.

Checking to see if your C compiler knows about "volatile"...
Yup, it does.

wait4() found.

waitpid() found.

wcstombs() found.

wctomb() found.

Checking alignment constraints...
Doubles must be aligned on a how-many-byte boundary? [8]
 
In the following, larger digits indicate more significance. A big-endian
machine like a Pyramid or a Motorola 680?0 chip will come out to 4321. A
little-endian machine like a Vax or an Intel 80?86 chip would be 1234. Other
machines may have weird orders like 3412. A Cray will report 87654321. If
the test program works the default is probably right.
I'm now running the test program...
(The test program ran ok.)
byteorder=4321

Checking to see how your cpp does stuff like catenate tokens...
Oh! Smells like ANSI's been here.
We can catify or stringify, separately or together!

<db.h> NOT found.

Checking to see how well your C compiler groks the void type...
Good. It appears to support void to the level perl5 wants.

Checking to see how big your double precision numbers are... 8 bytes.

Determining whether or not we are on an EBCDIC system...
Nope, no EBCDIC. Assuming ASCII or some ISO Latin.

Looking for the type for file position used by fsetpos().
fpos_t found.

Looking for the type for group ids returned by getgid().
gid_t found.

getgroups() found.

setgroups() found.

What type of pointer is the second argument to getgroups() and setgroups()?
Usually this is the same as group ids, gid_t, but not always.

What type pointer is the second argument to getgroups() and setgroups()?
[gid_t]

Looking for the type used for lseek's offset on this system.
off_t found.

Checking if your /usr/local/bin/make program sets $(MAKE)...
Yup, it does.

Looking for the type used for file modes for system calls (e.g. fchmod()).
mode_t found.

Looking for the type used for the length parameter for string functions.
size_t found.

Checking to see what type of arguments are accepted by gethostbyaddr().
Your system accepts const char * for the first arg.
...and int for the second arg.

Checking to see what type of argument is accepted by gethostbyname().
Your system accepts const char *.

Checking to see what type of 1st argument is accepted by getnetbyaddr().
Your system accepts in_addr_t.

What pager is used on your system? [/usr/bin/more]

Looking for the type of process ids on this system.
pid_t found.

Checking to see how big your pointers are... 4 bytes.

Checking to see how many bits your rand function produces...
How many bits does your rand() function produce? [15]

Checking how to generate random libraries on your machine...
/usr/ccs/bin/ar appears to generate random libraries itself.

<sys/select.h> found.

Testing to see if we should include <time.h>, <sys/time.h> or both.
I'm now running the test program....
Succeeded with -DI_SYSTIME -DS_TIMEVAL
We'll include <sys/time.h>.

Checking to see how well your C compiler handles fd_set and friends ...
Well, your system knows about the normal fd_set typedef...
and you have the normal fd_set macros (just as I'd expect).
Checking to see what type of arguments are accepted by select().
Your system accepts fd_set *.

Checking to see on how many bits at a time your select() operates...
Your select() operates on 32 bits at a time.

Generating a list of signal names and numbers...
The following signals are available​:

SIGZERO SIGHUP SIGINT SIGQUIT SIGILL SIGTRAP SIGABRT SIGEMT SIGFPE
SIGKILL SIGBUS SIGSEGV SIGSYS SIGPIPE SIGALRM SIGTERM SIGUSR1 SIGUSR2
SIGCHLD SIGPWR SIGWINCH SIGURG SIGIO SIGSTOP SIGTSTP SIGCONT SIGTTIN
SIGTTOU SIGVTALRM SIGPROF SIGXCPU SIGXFSZ SIGWAITING SIGLWP SIGFREEZE
SIGTHAW SIGCANCEL SIGLOST SIGRTMIN SIGNUM39 SIGNUM40 SIGNUM41
SIGNUM42 SIGNUM43 SIGNUM44 SIGRTMAX SIGIOT SIGCLD SIGPOLL

I'll be using ssize_t for functions returning a byte count.

Your stdio uses signed chars.

time() found.

Looking for the type returned by time() on this system.
time_t found.

Looking for the type for user ids returned by getuid().
uid_t found.

dbmclose() found.

<dbm.h> NOT found.

<rpcsvc/dbm.h> found.

<sys/file.h> found.

We won't be including <sys/file.h>.

<fcntl.h> found.

We'll be including <fcntl.h>.

<grp.h> found.

setgrent() found.

getgrent() found.

endgrent() found.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used

<locale.h> found.

<math.h> found.

<ndbm.h> found.

dbm_open() found.

<net/errno.h> NOT found.

Hmm... gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Your C compiler and pre-processor define these symbols​:
__sparc__
__sun
__sun__
__svr4__
__unix
__unix__
sparc
sun
unix

Your C pre-processor also defines the following symbols​:
__STDC__

Your C compiler further defines the following cpp symbols​:
__GCC_NEW_VARARGS__
__GNUC_MINOR__=95
__GNUC__=2
__SVR4
__sparc
cpu=sparc
machine=sparc
system=svr4
system=unix

tcsetattr() found.

You have POSIX termios.h... good!

<stdarg.h> found.

<varargs.h> found.

We'll include <stdarg.h> to get va_dcl definition.

<stddef.h> found.

<sys/filio.h> found.

<sys/ioctl.h> found.

<sys/resource.h> found.

<sys/un.h> found.

<sys/wait.h> found.

<utime.h> found.

<values.h> found.

<gdbm.h> NOT found.

Looking for extensions...
A number of extensions are supplied with perl5. You may choose to
compile these extensions for dynamic loading (the default), compile
them into the perl5 executable (static loading), or not include
them at all. Answer "none" to include no extensions.
Note that DynaLoader is always built and need not be mentioned here.

What extensions do you wish to load dynamically?
[B Data/Dumper Fcntl IO IPC/SysV NDBM_File ODBM_File Opcode POSIX SDBM_File Socket attrs re]
What extensions do you wish to load statically? [none]

End of configuration questions.

Stripping down executable paths...

Creating config.sh...

If you'd like to make any changes to the config.sh file before I begin
to configure things, do it as a shell escape now (e.g. !vi config.sh).

Press return or use a shell escape to edit config.sh​:

Doing variable substitutions on .SH files...
Extracting Makefile (with variable substitutions)
Extracting Policy.sh (with variable substitutions)
Extracting cflags (with variable substitutions)
Extracting config.h (with variable substitutions)
Extracting makeaperl (with variable substitutions)
Extracting makedepend (with variable substitutions)
Extracting makedir (with variable substitutions)
Extracting perl.exp
Extracting writemain (with variable substitutions)
Extracting x2p/Makefile (with variable substitutions)
Extracting x2p/cflags (with variable substitutions)

Now you need to generate make dependencies by running "make depend".
You might prefer to run it in background​: "make depend > makedepend.out &"
It can take a while, so you might not want to run it right now.

Run make depend now? [y]
sh ./makedepend MAKE=make
make[1]​: Entering directory `/export/home/rick/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03'
sh writemain lib/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a > tmp
sh mv-if-diff tmp perlmain.c
echo malloc.c av.c scope.c op.c doop.c doio.c dump.c hv.c mg.c byterun.c perl.c perly.c pp.c pp_hot.c pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c regcomp.c regexec.c gv.c sv.c taint.c toke.c util.c deb.c run.c universal.c globals.c perlio.c miniperlmain.c perlmain.c | tr ' ' '\n' >.clist
make[1]​: Leaving directory `/export/home/rick/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03'
Finding dependencies for malloc.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for av.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for scope.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for op.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for doop.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for doio.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for dump.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for hv.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for mg.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for byterun.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for perl.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for perly.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for pp.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for pp_hot.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for pp_ctl.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for pp_sys.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for regcomp.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for regexec.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for gv.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for sv.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for taint.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for toke.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for util.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for deb.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for run.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for universal.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for globals.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for perlio.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for miniperlmain.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
Finding dependencies for perlmain.o.
gcc​: file path prefix `/usr/ccs/bin/' never used
make[1]​: Entering directory `/export/home/rick/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03'
echo Makefile.SH cflags.SH config_h.SH makeaperl.SH makedepend.SH makedir.SH perl_exp.SH writemain.SH | tr ' ' '\n' >.shlist
make[1]​: Leaving directory `/export/home/rick/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03'
Updating makefile...
test -s perlmain.c && touch perlmain.c
cd x2p; make depend
make[1]​: Entering directory `/export/home/rick/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03/x2p'
sh ../makedepend MAKE=make
make[2]​: Entering directory `/export/home/rick/mysql/perl/perl5.005_03/x2p'
echo hash.c str.c util.c walk.c | tr ' ' '\n' >.clist
make[2]​: L

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