Re: [gentoo-dev] Can`t compile Perl

[Brandon Low]

The important question with perl issues is:  Are you using gcc-3.1?  And 
if you are, please try compiling perl again with sandbox removed from the 
FEATURES line of /etc/make.conf sandbox is NOT gcc-3.1 compatible at this 
time.

--Brandon

On Thu, 06/13/02 at 13:33:04 +0200, Andreas Mellingen wrote:
> As the topic says, I can`t compile perl, which isn`t that much of a
> problem, except that every time I run emerge -u world, perl is one o the
> first to go, and then fails, making me have to update everything
> manuall. here is the "final output:
>
> (quote start)
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:21: unterminated string or character constant
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:4: possible real start of unterminated constant
> In file included from NDBM_File.xs:9:
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:1: parse error before character 0177
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:1: stray '\' in program
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:1: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:1: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:3: stray '\' in program
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:3: stray '\' in program
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:3: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:3: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:6: warning: unknown escape sequence `\$'
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:14: warning: unknown escape sequence: `\' followed
> by char code 0x16
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:181: stray '\' in program
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:181: stray '\' in program
> /usr/include/ndbm.h:448: Unterminated string constant
> make[1]: *** [NDBM_File.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/var/tmp/portage/perl-5.6.1-r4/work/perl-5.6.1/ext/NDBM_File'
> make: *** [lib/auto/NDBM_File/NDBM_File.so] Error 2
> (quote end)
>
> What to do?
>
> --
> MvH / Best Regards
> Andreas Mellingen aka RaZieL