am i heading for disaster... ?

[Noam Solomon]

In the process of building apache_1.3.27 / mod_perl 1.3.27 / openssl0.9.6g / mod_ssl mod_ssl-2.8.12-1.3.27 on a Solaris OS 2 UltraSparc, with Perl 5.8, the apache make failed because of an undefined "url_delims".  I was using the method where you build mod_ssl, then build mod_perl, then configure apache, loading mod_perl statically.   Anyway, I poked around and found that indeed the uri_delims.h file in src/main was empty!  So still in src/main, I manually ran "gcc gen_uri_delims.c", then ran "a.out > uri_delims.h" to regenerate that header file, and got this.   /* this file is automatically generated by gen_uri_delims, do not edit */ static const unsigned char uri_delims[256] = {     T_NUL,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,T_HASH,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,T_SLASH,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,T_COLON,0,     0,0,0,T_QUESTION,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 }; Then when I ran make again, everything was hunky-dory.  Now what I want to know is, why would this have happened in the first place?  Is it a sign that something is fundamentally wrong with the build, but I just haven't seen it yet?  Or should I just breathe easy and hope for the best?