64-bit Perl on SPARC Solaris?

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

I've tried compiling perl 5.8.0 with gcc 3.2 (the package from sunfreeware) a couple times now on a Solaris 8 system. I think I am answering all the questions correctly but when I finally compile I eventually get bus errors on the tests.

I answered yes to 64 bit integers, maximal 64-bit, and the one about better (more accurate/precise) floats and specified -m64 for the linker. The only thing that immediately comes to mind that could be a problem is the question about double word boundaries, where the default is 8. Does this need to be different?

Has anyone else given this a try and gotten it to work? If so, do you have a config.sh file I could look at?

Thanks! -- Argel

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Re: 64-bit Perl on SPARC Solaris? by Anonymous Monk on Nov 28, 2002 at 20:20 UTC
You are not alone. I also couldn't get Perl 5.8 working with Solaris 8. So I just compiled 5.6. It works fine. If you really need 5.8. I would also try posting this question on usenet. Try comp.unix.solaris.	[reply]
Re: 64-bit Perl on SPARC Solaris? by Argel (Prior) on Jan 20, 2006 at 00:55 UTC
Please see this post in the Meditations section.	[reply]