> I am tring to install mod_perl with apache 1.3.9 in a Red Hat 6.0. When
> i run the script Makefile.PL (perl Makefile.PL), the following message is
> displayed on screen:
>
> + adding selected modules
> o perl_module uses ConfigStart/End
> + mod_perl build type: OBJ
> + setting up mod_perl build environment
> + id: mod_perl/1.21
> + id: Perl/5.00503 (linux) [perl]
> + adjusting Apache build environment
> + enabling Perl support for SSI (mod_include)
> + checking sizeof various data types
> + doing sanity check on compiler and options
> ** A test compilation with your Makefile configuration
> ** failed. This is most likely because your C compiler
> ** is not ANSI. Apache requires an ANSI C Compiler, such
> ** as gcc. The above error message from your compiler
> ** will also provide a clue.
> Aborting!
>
>
> The c compiler instaled is gcc. If type gcc -dumpversion, it displays
> "egcs-2.91.66"
>
> Does somebody knows which is the problem?
Despite that message it is pretty much never a problem with the C
compiler. The error message Apache is giving you is boneheaded. To get a
real error message, do this:
edit the Apache src/Configure script. Down around line 2140 you will see
a line like:
if ./helpers/TestCompile sanity; then
change it to:
if ./helpers/TestCompile -v sanity; then
and try again. Now you should get a useful error message.
-Rasmus
