Perl 5.8.7 installation on RH9 fails

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

Dear All.

I am trying to install perl v5.8.3 on RedHat Linux 9 Shrike.

The Configuration runs ok.

But When I make, I get these errors:

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`sh cflags "optimize='-O2'" miniperlmain.o` miniperlmain.c
CCCMD = gcc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/inc
+lude -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -
+O2 -Wall
In file included from perl.h:37,
from miniperlmain.c:36:
config.h:3107:9: invalid preprocessing directive #NEED_VA_COPY
make: *** [miniperlmain.o] Error 1
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Can anyone kindly guide me on this.

Thanks in Advance!

-Vikram

Edit: g0n - added code tags

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Re: Perl 5.8.7 installation on RH9 fails by Perl Mouse (Chaplain) on Nov 07, 2005 at 10:36 UTC
Title: Perl 5.8.7* installation on RH9 fails* Article: I am trying to install perl v5.8.3* on RedHat Linux 9 Shrike* What is it what you are actually trying to do? The Configuration runs ok. Yes, but what arguments did you give Configure? `Perl --((8:>*`	[reply]
Re: Perl 5.8.7 installation on RH9 fails by jbrugger (Parson) on Nov 07, 2005 at 06:28 UTC
While running RedHat, why not use the rpm packages in stead of compling it yourself? IMHO, most modern distributions have a nice compiled version of perl installed, and with the packages it can be easily upgraded to a newer version, and you also don't break dependencies. Anyway, i don't know if fedora's perl is still compatible with rh9's version, but i'd give that one a try, they're at 5.8.6 as far as i know., or try googling to another version. "We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise." - Larry Wall.	[reply]