building 5.8 and 5.10 with perlbrew on debian

djzort has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi all

i am attempting to build ('install') perl 5.8.9 and 5.10.1 using perlbrew on my debian system.

5.12.5 installed nicely.

in both cases i get this error in the tests...


comp/colon.t ..................................................... ok
Quantifier follows nothing in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/* <-- HER
+E  Copyright (C) 1991-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/ at
+ comp/cpp.aux line 7.
comp/cpp.t ....................................................... 
No subtests run
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and later


run/switchp.t .................................................... ok
Quantifier follows nothing in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/* <-- HER
+E  Copyright (C) 1991-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/ at
+ run/switchPx.aux line 7.
run/switchPx.t ................................................... 
No subtests run 
run/switcht.t .................................................... ok
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so i am guessing a regex is failing? to whom and via what means should i report this problem? im certain that i should provide more details, what sort of additional details should i provide?

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Re: building 5.8 and 5.10 with perlbrew on debian (perlbug) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 26, 2013 at 02:03 UTC
to whom and via what means should i report this problem? perlbug	[reply]
Re^2: building 5.8 and 5.10 with perlbrew on debian (perlbug) by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Aug 26, 2013 at 15:29 UTC
Since both 5.8.9 and 5.10.1 are well outside any maintenance window (the oldest currently maintained branch is 5.16.x), and since perlbrew is not a project of the core perl team, perlbugging this issue is unlikely to serve any useful purpose. Dave.	[reply]
Re^3: building 5.8 and 5.10 with perlbrew on debian (perlbug) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 26, 2013 at 23:51 UTC
unlikely to serve any useful purpose. I don't see how that is relevant. perlbug goes to perl5porters, and they want to hear about all bugs/isssues, even if the version isn't officially supported (all this means its not a priority)	[reply]
Re^4: building 5.8 and 5.10 with perlbrew on debian (perlbug) by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Aug 27, 2013 at 07:25 UTC
Re^5: building 5.8 and 5.10 with perlbrew on debian (perlbug) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 27, 2013 at 07:48 UTC