Hi,
I am trying to compile perl 5.8.7 on solaris 2.9 using gcc 3.2 and gnu's ld. While compiling some of the dynamic linking libraries, the compile process hangs. This does not happen for all the libraries. Looks like miniperl hangs trying to create the Makefile from Makefile.PL for some of them.

I manually removed about 10 troublesome libraries from the dynamic_ext variable in the Makefile and the compilation continued. But ofcourse the make test cmd fails.

Since it happens only for certain libraries for e.g . ext/B, ext/PPPort, IO,Storable, etc. i am not able to figure out the real problem.

I tried to create the Makefile directly from within the the specific directory. But, now the miniperl command works fine from withing for certain directories (of the troublesome one) and not within a few others.

I really don't know what is happening here. I have tried everything that i can think of and have no clue where to look next. Any help is highly appreciated.
perl v 5.8.7
gcc 3.2
solaris 2.9
ld -2.16 (gnu)
as -2.16 (gnu)

Please let me know if you need any other information to help me out.
Thanks in advance,
Vani

In reply to miniperl hangs during perl compilation by vani

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