in reply to Re: Problem building Perl 5.8.8
in thread Problem building Perl 5.8.8

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

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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.
      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