greg fenton wrote: > > I'm trying to install DateTime on a new RH ES 3.0 box with > perl-5.8.0-88.7 (RH RPM) [...] > Testing if you have a C compiler > Makefile:98: *** missing separator. Stop. [...] > > Any ideas as to what to look for?
Here - http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.datetime/5436 > This is a known problem and has been discussed previously on this > list. It's perl 5.8.0's attempt at utf8 coninciding with RH making > utf8 standard. The two clash and you'll get errors. > > There are several solutions: > 1. Upgrade perl > 2. Upgrade RedHat to Fedora (It comes with a newer perl), or > 3. Install like so: > LANG= > export LANG > perl Makefile.PL > make > make test > make install > That will get rid of RedHat trying to be utf8. You'll continue to have > problems though. I'd really look at upgrading (or at least setting the > LANG permanently to somthing non unicode. > > Cheers! > Rick Measham - Flavio S. Glock
