On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Lincoln Stein wrote: > Is this a Perl problem, a make problem, or a RedHat problem? > > Lincoln
Lincoln, I thought it was a perl problem as when I googled for the err string I got back several examples of how to workaround it. But then I built the src on slackware and I did not have to modify anything in the perl build directory. Nada. Suffice to say, I had a hell of a time building on redhat but no problem whatsoever on slackware. No idea why there should be such a dramatic difference. Just now I looked for any redhat log notes that I had made but I do recall when I finally opted to remove 8.0 I simply deleted everything in disgust. I had tried building from perl source on 8.0, result: a nightmare. I did eventually succeed but the same problem (script hanging) occurred. I tried using the redhat src tarball (rpm) and turned off multithreading but still had the same problem...this was also non-trivial (as when you change one thing on redhat it breaks ten others). After awhile I realised that I was seeing diminishing returns and so gave up (bravely though - I might add). Sorry I can't be more help. > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Lincoln Stein wrote: > > > Oddly enough, installing Perl 5.8 from source on a virgin RedHat 8.0 > > > system fails with this mysterious error: > > > > > > make: *** No rule to make target `<built-in>', needed by > > > `miniperlmain.o'. Stop. > > > > > > Anyone seen this? > > > > Lincoln, yes, I had to use sed to remove 'built-in' from the Makefile. > > There was another offender as well, but I can't recall offhand. > > Redhat has various patches which do this...have a look at the src rpm. > > You will see what strings had to be removed. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Thomas Good e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Programmer/Analyst phone: (+1) 718.818.5528 > > Residential Services fax: (+1) 718.818.5056 > > Behavioral Health Services, SVCMC-NY mobile: (+1) 917.282.7359 > > > > // Krieg ist selbst Terror - F�r Frieden und globale Gerechtigkeit! > > -- > ======================================================================== > Lincoln D. Stein Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cold Spring Harbor, NY > ======================================================================== > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Good e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer/Analyst phone: (+1) 718.818.5528 Residential Services fax: (+1) 718.818.5056 Behavioral Health Services, SVCMC-NY mobile: (+1) 917.282.7359 // Krieg ist selbst Terror - F�r Frieden und globale Gerechtigkeit!
