Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX

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Re: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Tanktalus (Canon) on Jul 29, 2011 at 13:30 UTC
I've successfully built Perl 5.14.0 on AIX (I haven't tried 5.14.1 yet). However, I recall having issues (not that I recall which ones) when compiling in 32-bit mode. For some reason, 64-bit mode worked better. Also, to get some other modules compiling properly, I remember that I had to modify Config.pm (or Config_heavy.pl or something) afterwards to add whatever was required to get the AIX compiler to treat // as comments. Have you tried 64-bit? Is there a reason you want a 32-bit perl?	[reply]
Re^2: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Aug 01, 2011 at 06:13 UTC
Thanks for the response. I am working on an SDK for the perl which is supported on both AIX 32 and 64 bit platforms. So yes, I need to have 32 bit perl build on AIX. I would appreciate if you can provide any information or help on the issues you faced and fixed. Thanks,	[reply]
Re: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Jul 29, 2011 at 09:32 UTC
Your regular expression `m#(?<=\^/#` has a left parenthesis with no corresponding right parenthesis.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2011 at 10:07 UTC
Thanks for the reply. I apologize but I think I made a mistake posting the expression. The actual one in code is: `$path_unix = 1 if ($path =~ m#(?<=\^)/#);` [download] Any more suggestions? Thanks in advance.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2011 at 10:44 UTC
Well, that code will not generate an error for any perl since v5.6.1 -- you need to show us what program you're executing	[reply]
Re^4: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2011 at 11:51 UTC
Re: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2011 at 09:35 UTC
Can somebody suggest what's going wrong here? Nothing 5.14.0 related Whatever copy of Cwd you're running is broken, get a new one from cpan I am trying to build Perl 5.14.0 ... FYI, the latest is 5.14.1	[reply]
Re^2: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2011 at 10:12 UTC
Thank you for the reply. I checked latest Cwd (3.33) at http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SMUELLER/PathTools-3.33/Cwd.pm and it also has same expression. I anyway over wrote my version with the one from the site and still the same problem. I downloaded version 5.14.1 and tried to build it on same system, but same error at same location. Appreciate any suggestions/comments.	[reply]
Re^3: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2011 at 10:40 UTC
Appreciate any suggestions/comments. Show what you're doing exactly, from step one (copy/paste your shell session)	[reply]
Re^4: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2011 at 11:47 UTC
Re^5: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2011 at 12:05 UTC
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Re: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Tux (Canon) on Aug 05, 2011 at 10:37 UTC
I'm building perl on hateful AIX on a daily basis in both 32bit and 64bit mode and for both threaded (yuck) and unthreaded. What version of AIX and what version of xlc are your running? `$ oslevel 5.3.0.0 $ oslevel -r 5300-09 $ lslpp -l xlC.rte Fileset Level State Description -------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------- Path: /usr/lib/objrepos xlC.rte 11.1.0.1 COMMITTED XL C/C++ Runtime $` [download] Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Anonymous Monk on Aug 09, 2011 at 07:01 UTC
`# oslevel 5.2.0.0 # oslevel -r 5200-01 # lslpp -l xlC.rte Fileset Level State Description -------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------- Path: /usr/lib/objrepos xlC.rte 6.0.0.0 COMMITTED C Set ++ Runtime #` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Regex problem building perl on IBM AIX by Tux (Canon) on Aug 09, 2011 at 08:11 UTC
It might very well be a bug in your preprocessor or compiler: `$ oslevel 5.2.0.0 $ oslevel -r 5200-04 $ lslpp -l xlC.rte Fileset Level State Description -------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------- Path: /usr/lib/objrepos xlC.rte 9.0.0.9 COMMITTED XL C/C++ Runtime $` [download] From the file README.aix (`perldoc paerlaix`), it says: `At the moment of writing, AIX supports two different native C compiler +s, for which you have to pay: B<xlC> and B<vac>. If you decide to use eit +her of these two (which is quite a lot easier than using gcc), be sure to upgrade to the latest available patch level. Currently: xlC.C 3.1.4.10 or 3.6.6.0 or 4.0.2.2 or 5.0.2.9 or 6.0.0.3 vac.C 4.4.0.3 or 5.0.2.6 or 6.0.0.1` [download] Which is already rather outdated now, but most likely 6.0.0.0 is insufficient and you should up to at least 6.0.0.3. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l] [select]