Perl install 'make test' error

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

Disclaimer: New to Perl, kind of a Linux n00b, etc...

I'm trying to install the latest version of Perl on a Suse 9.0 fresh install. I untarred the tarball, and did the following:
- sh Configure (answered about 3 billion questions)
- The 'make depend' seemed to run OK
- I type in 'make'. It seemed to work OK.
- I typed in 'make test'
It finished but got this error:
lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed....................../usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
FAILED at test 1
I humbly ask wisdom as to what I did to screw this up. It worked OK on another identical system.

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Re: Perl install 'make test' error by Diakoneo (Beadle) on Nov 12, 2004 at 17:11 UTC
Sorry all - I found a Linux master wandering our halls and he said it's an expected error for what we're doing and gets fixed by another procedure later. Thanks anyways! Diakoneo Programming N00B Even N00Bier to Perl	[reply]