At 1:16 Uhr -0400 22.05.2002, Chris Nandor wrote:
>It's a source-only release, and MacPerl.SC app doesn't want to build.
>Build the same way you would for 5.6.1r1. Note that the core tests are all
>as good as they are going to get for now, but ext/ and lib/ remain
>untested. Most of the tests for these have been moved from t/lib/ to ext/
>and lib/ (grouped with the modules themselves). Please, if you are able,
>run these tests and report back to the list (with either patches, or bug
>reports on SourceForge.net, as appopriate).
>
> http://sf.net/macperl/
>
>Good evening,
>
>--
>Chris Nandor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pudge.net/
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Great, thanks much for your work. I'm now a proud owner of MacPerl 5.7.3
:-). But puh, 14 MB to download -- I'm not amused.
Building the tool was straightforward, however, I've noticed the following:
HTML::Parser won't build, because the file "hctype.h" is empty, so I had to
run
perl mkhctype > hctype.h
to create a valid header file. I can't explain why this file was empty, so you
may want to check this. The rest of the built went fine.
Then, with a fresh perl tool in my hands, I've run some scripts and got an
unexpected warning from File::Copy. Here you'll find the following lines:
my $macfiles;
if ($^O eq 'MacOS') {
$macfiles = eval { require Mac::MoreFiles };
warn 'Mac::MoreFiles could not be loaded; using non-native syscopy'
if $^W; # <===
}
IMHO (please correct me, if I'm wrong), that should better be
my $macfiles;
if ($^O eq 'MacOS') {
undef $@;
$macfiles = eval { require Mac::MoreFiles };
warn 'Mac::MoreFiles could not be loaded; using non-native syscopy'
if ($@ && $^W );
}
This way, you'll not get a warning, when Mac::MoreFiles is correctly installed,
right?
Next, I've built MacPerl.MrC -- no problem. Building MacPerl.SC failed, as
expected. I've got the following link error:
### Link: Error: Type information larger than a page. Try using the -pg
option: (Error 87) A type ('interpreter') was too big to write
I think I've found a solution for this problem. As the error message suggests,
I've used the -pg switch, which sets the SYM page size. The size is 4096 by
default. So I've doubled the size to 8192, and afterwards, linking went fine --
hurra. I'll send a patch to :macperl:Makefile.mk in a separate message.
So, these are my first impressions and remarks. Now, some testing is in order,
I think.
Best regards,
--Thomas
