Hi Brian:
I built Perl with HP's performance C compiler since I've seen gcc on quite
a few occasions produce considerably slower binaries for the HPPA. We
already have enough performance problems with Perl as it is :) Our system
administrator team built 5.005_03 with this compiler, so I know it's
possible. And Perl 5.6.1 built for me without a hitch whatsoever. It
wasn't until Inline that a wrench was thrown into the works. If I could
see some sort of evidence that this was a compiler problem, I would be more
inclined to revert to gcc... I just don't understand how to analyze this
output when things fail since it appears to be failing in places it
shouldn't...
-Clint
On Apr 30, Brian Ingerson wrote:
>
> Hmmm. Our tests also used a perl (5.005_03) built with gcc.
>
> $Config::Config{cc} eq 'gcc'
>
> Piers: Did you build perl yourself from the source? You're not mixing a
> perl built with HP's compiler, with Inline using gcc. Right?
>
> Clint: If you've got the time, try:
>
> - installing gcc
> - put gcc in your path (this will avoid my Makefile.PL bug :)
> - build a new perl with gcc
>
> I believe the easiest way to build perl is:
>
> % sh Configure -Dprefix=/base/install/path -ders
> % make && make test
> % make install
