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strredwolf has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

"SRV4? What's that?" You'll probably asking. I'll tell you: "It's an old Unix for old hardware."

So, my adventures in compiling Perl on this old peice of kit start with Perl 5.8.8:

        `sh  cflags "optimize='-O'" sv.o` -KPIC sv.c
          CCCMD =  /bin/cc -DPERL_CORE -c -I/usr/include -I/usr/ucbinc
+lude -O
"./pad.h", line 144: warning: no macro replacement within a string lit
+eral
"sv.c", line 2141: undefined symbol: undef
"sv.c", line 2182: undefined symbol: undef
"sv.c", line 2321: undefined symbol: undef
"sv.c", line 2435: undefined symbol: undef
"sv.c", line 2476: undefined symbol: undef
"sv.c", line 2608: undefined symbol: undef
"sv.c", line 2762: undefined symbol: undef

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This is running as root, and pushing the built-in per-process memory ulimit to 32 megs of RAM. You have to do that just to get toke.c compiled.

Since it's old hardware, I pondered aloud in MonkChat about using older versions (since I was compiling this so I could compile OpenSSL and thus OpenSSH for $DAYJOB). I chose Perl 5.0005_04. It compiled as a user all the way through, but testing...

op/regexp...........FAILED tests 1, 5-10, 13-14, 18-21, 23-25, 27-28, 
+33, 37-39,
 42, 44-47, 51-53, 55, 58-61, 68-70, 75, 78, 87, 90, 97, 102-105, 108-
+111, 113,
124-125, 127-132, 134-141, 143-144, 152-153, 155-156, 158-160, 162-165
+, 175-176,
 309-319, 322-329, 338-340, 342, 345, 347-348, 350-351, 354-362, 365-3
+68, 371-37
4, 377-378, 381-384, 387-388, 392, 398-399, 404, 406-407, 417-425, 428
+, 436-437,
 440-441, 454, 456, 458, 463-464, 468-470, 472, 479-480, 485, 487-489,
+ 491
        Failed 172/491 tests, 64.97% okay
op/regexp_noamp.....FAILED tests 1, 5-10, 13-14, 18-21, 23-25, 27-28, 
+33, 37-39,
 42, 44-47, 51-53, 55, 58-61, 68-70, 75, 78, 87, 90, 97, 102-105, 108-
+111, 113,
124-125, 127-132, 134-141, 143-144, 152-153, 155-156, 158-160, 162-165
+, 175-176,
 309-319, 322-329, 338-340, 342, 345, 347-348, 350-351, 354-362, 365-3
+68, 371-37
4, 377-378, 381-384, 387-388, 392, 398-399, 404, 406-407, 417-425, 428
+, 436-437,
 440-441, 454, 456, 458, 463-464, 468-470, 472, 479-480, 485, 487-489,
+ 491
        Failed 172/491 tests, 64.97% okay
op/study............FAILED tests 3, 11-12, 14, 16-17, 22
        Failed 7/24 tests, 70.83% okay

lib/db-btree.t    2   512    ??   ??       %  ??
op/regexp.t                 491  172  35.03%  1, 5-10, 13-14, 18-21, 2
+3-25, 27-
                                              28, 33, 37-39, 42, 44-47
+, 51-53,
                                              55, 58-61, 68-70, 75, 78
+, 87, 90,
                                              97, 102-105, 108-111, 11
+3, 124-
                                              125, 127-132, 134-141, 1
+43-144,
                                              152-153, 155-156, 158-16
+0, 162-
                                              165, 175-176, 309-319, 3
+22-329,
                                              338-340, 342, 345, 347-3
+48, 350-
                                              351, 354-362, 365-368, 3
+71-374,
                                              377-378, 381-384, 387-38
+8, 392,
                                              398-399, 404, 406-407, 4
+17-425,
                                              428, 436-437, 440-441, 4
+54, 456,
                                              458, 463-464, 468-470, 4
+72, 479-
                                              480, 485, 487-489, 491
op/regexp_noamp             491  172  35.03%  1, 5-10, 13-14, 18-21, 2
+3-25, 27-
                                              28, 33, 37-39, 42, 44-47
+, 51-53,
                                              55, 58-61, 68-70, 75, 78
+, 87, 90,
                                              97, 102-105, 108-111, 11
+3, 124-
                                              125, 127-132, 134-141, 1
+43-144,
                                              152-153, 155-156, 158-16
+0, 162-
                                              165, 175-176, 309-319, 3
+22-329,
                                              338-340, 342, 345, 347-3
+48, 350-
                                              351, 354-362, 365-368, 3
+71-374,
                                              377-378, 381-384, 387-38
+8, 392,
                                              398-399, 404, 406-407, 4
+17-425,
                                              428, 436-437, 440-441, 4
+54, 456,
                                              458, 463-464, 468-470, 4
+72, 479-
                                              480, 485, 487-489, 491
op/study.t                   24    7  29.17%  3, 11-12, 14, 16-17, 22

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Nope, that's not working.

After some mediation, I tried again, this time with Perl 5.004_05. It configured cleanly, compiled without problems, and tested 100% OK.

Insert "Whoa" here.

So, where do I go to send feedback?

--
$Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.net";

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Re: Compiling Perl on Unisys SVR4
by shigetsu (Hermit) on Jan 05, 2007 at 17:33 UTC
    So, where do I go to send feedback?
    Using perlbug will submit a bug report to the p5p (Perl 5 Porters) mailing list including your relevant system information.
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Re: Compiling Perl on Unisys SVR4
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 06, 2007 at 06:21 UTC
    So, where do I go to send feedback?

    I'm not sure anyone cares about a Perl that ancient (in the sense that if you want to put out a new release to get it to compile and pass the tests, you'll be the pumpking). Is there a chance you can update your C compiler and try 5.8.x again?

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      No, because I don't have root access, and the system's OS is no longer updated by the hardware company.

      --
      $Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.net";

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