fume:/users/jtg/.fvwm% /router/bin/perl -MConfig -le 'print
$Config{version}'
Unrecognized switch: -MConfig.Your hack did the trick...thanks! Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Mikhael Goikhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:12 PM > To: Jeff Gardner (jtg) > Cc: FVWM Users > Subject: Re: FVWM: fvwm compile error running findcmd.pl > > On 02 Feb 2006 11:07:54 -0500, Jeff Gardner (jtg) wrote: > > > > Can you tell me what's causing this while running "make > install" from > > fvwm? > > > > if test -n "/router/bin/perl" -a -x "/router/bin/perl"; then \ > > /router/bin/perl ./findcmd.pl /users/jtg/bin -sh \ > > < ../../fvwm/functions.c > FvwmCommand.sh; \ else > echo '# Did > > not find perl during FVWM install' > FvwmCommand.sh; fi > > > > syntax error in file ./findcmd.pl at line 32, next 2 tokens "my(" > > What is the output of: > > /router/bin/perl -MConfig -le 'print $Config{version}' > > I may only guess that your perl version is so old (10 years > old?) that it can't be used here. > > This is a very old stuff (findcmd.pl building FvwmCommand.pm). > Theoretically FvwmCommand.pm may be usable for users wishing > to control fvwm remotely from perl, but this script is broken > anyway, there is now a different mechanism to get the list of > all fvwm commands. > > Mean time, try either "echo '' > >modules/FvwmCommand/findcmd.pl" or "env PERL=/bin/true > ./configure" to solve your problem. > > Regards, > Mikhael. >
