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Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:39:54 +0000
From:	Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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To:	DJGPP workers <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Perl 5.004/5.005 compilation problems
Reply-To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

Hello.

	I've been trying to compile Perl 5.004 & 5.005 with a view to compiling
socket networking-enabled versions of them. Unfortunately I haven't been able
to get either version to compile.

	I've installed the sources as specified in the README.DOS file, although I've
used later versions of make (3.77), gcc (2.80).

	The problems are as follows:

1. The Configure script seems to set PATH to the current directory (.), which
then means that it can't find any utilities (mkdir, rm, cat, sed, etc.). The
solution to this is to comment out part of Korn shell detection code that sets
PATH to '.' as part of a test. Once this change is made, the Configure script
proceeds a little further.

2. The Configure script then causes a protection fault just after the Xenix
code. Commenting out the if-elif block just after that fixes this.

3. The Configure script then causes a protection fault just after the C
compiler flags section is reached. I gave up at this point.

	I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on why this is happening.
	Thanks.

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         Rich Dawe - 4th-year MSci Physicist @ Bristol University, UK
           richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com, http://www.bigfoot.com/~richdawe/
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