Re: Problem building Perl 5.8.8

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

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Re^2: Problem building Perl 5.8.8 by smoyse (Initiate) on Jul 19, 2006 at 04:12 UTC
Thanks for the help Rob. I figured it out any way - I'm a total knob. I had PERL5LIB set, unset it and magically it works! I didn't check PERL5LIB because I know I didn't set it my self. In fact I still can't find where it is being set. I have checked the usual suspects: .bash_profile .bashrc /etc/bashrc /etc/* But I guess that's a question for a different user group. Just goes to show that the bad guy from Under Seige 2 was right. "Assumption is the mother of all fuckups." Thanks again Steven	[reply]
Re^3: Problem building Perl 5.8.8 by cmcmillo (Initiate) on Jan 04, 2007 at 19:07 UTC
Would u know of a tutorial of how to build perl 5.8.8 using threads. I've never built perl before. Looking for the basics.	[reply]
Re^4: Problem building Perl 5.8.8 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jan 05, 2007 at 03:49 UTC
See the "INSTALL" file and/or the "README.X" (where "X" stands for your operating system) in the top level directory of the perl source. The instructions in the "INSTALL" file don't apply to all operating systems, and not all operating systems are represented by a "README.X". If you can't work out which instructions relate to your OS, then let us know which OS you're running and someone might be able to provide more definitive info for you. Cheers, Rob	[reply]