I'm compiling Perl 5.6.1 on a Solaris 2.8 system using the compiler under /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc - I have already resolved one problem with template expansion, but I've run into another. When make gets to the point where it is compiling hash.c, I get the following error: 
`sh  cflags hash.o` -DPERL_FOR_X2P hash.c
          CCCMD =  cc -c -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_F
+ILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O
"/usr/include/stdlib.h", line 165: identifier redeclared: getsubopt
        current : function(pointer to pointer to char, pointer to poin
+ter to char, pointer to pointer to char) returning int
        previous: function(pointer to pointer to char, pointer to cons
+t pointer to char, pointer to pointer to char) returning int : "/usr/
+include/stdio.h", line 267
"/usr/include/stdlib.h", line 189: identifier redeclared: getopt
        current : function(int, pointer to pointer to char, pointer to
+ char) returning int
        previous: function(int, pointer to const pointer to char, poin
+ter to const char) returning int : "/usr/include/stdio.h", line 265
cc: acomp failed for hash.c
*** Error code 2
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `hash.o'

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It seems like stdio.h has a definition of the function getopt that is different from something already compiled, my guess being this one: ./ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/dbe.c:getopt(int argc, char **argv, char *optstring) Anyone seen this before? I don't have enough experience compiling C to know whether this can be fixed by just changing the include paths, or if there's a compiler option to suppress the error or what. For the record, we're installing a legacy Perl system on a new box and need to keep 5.6.1. Thanks.

In reply to Perl 5.6.1 compilation problems by brinogordon

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