Dear All.

I am trying to install perl v5.8.3 on RedHat Linux 9 Shrike.

The Configuration runs ok.

But When I make, I get these errors:
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`sh cflags "optimize='-O2'" miniperlmain.o` miniperlmain.c
CCCMD = gcc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -Wall
In file included from perl.h:37,
from miniperlmain.c:36:
config.h:3107:9: invalid preprocessing directive #NEED_VA_COPY
make: *** [miniperlmain.o] Error 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Can anyone kindly guide me on this.

Thanks in Advance!

-Vikram

Sounds like your gcc isn't handling something in the code correctly. Check and make sure you meet the minimum version requirements of gcc to compile perl 5.8.3. Is there any reason why the Perl supplied with the distro is good enough or that you can't upgrade to something newer than RH9 (such as FC4)?

Thanks a lot !

I had checked the GCC and have even installed the new version of it.
:-( , but- the same problem.

You are right, I would try upgrading to FC4 :-)

-Vikram

It did work on FC4, should have been the GCC on RH9.
I will try to figure out RH9 gcc problem later.

Thanks for all the HELP!

-Vikram