I'm not sure how to override this at the "Configure" stage, but it's usually handled by the value(s) assigned to PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST in config.h. In that file, find the line "#define PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST". What follows it should contain "5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi" and "5.8.3" and you want to get those 2 entries removed from that list.

So ... maybe just remove them from config.h before running 'make' .... though I'm not sure that config.h gets generated before 'make' is run.

Or maybe you can achieve what you want by hard coding the PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST entry in config_h.SH appropriately before you run Configure. (Of course, someone may come up with the simple and correct way to achieve what you want ... so stay tuned :-)

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: Problem building Perl 5.8.8 by syphilis
in thread Problem building Perl 5.8.8 by smoyse

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