Re: Re: Re: Time::Hires installation under RH Linux 9.0

[gary kuipers]

The version of RH 9.0 I was using was a text only install. I figured that there might be something missing in the Linux so I reinstalled with EVERYTHING.

I then tried to install the Time::Hires and got the same error

Here is the perl -V off that system:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuratio
+n:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.20-2.48smp, archname=i386-linux-thread-mu
+lti
    uname='linux str'
    config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g -Dmyhos
+tname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, 
+Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux -Dvendo
+rprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 -D
+useshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_
+semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext
+=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly -D
+pager=/usr/bin/less -isr'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef'
 useithreads=define usemultiplicity=
    useperlio= d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=un uselongdouble=
    usemymalloc=, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS
+ -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_S
+OURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
    optimize='',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGI
+NG -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.2 20030213 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2.2-
+1)', gccosandvers=''
gccversion='3.2.2 200302'
    intsize=e, longsize= , ptrsize=p, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1
+2
    ivtype='long'
k', ivsize=4'
ivtype='long'
known_ext, nvtype='double'
o_nonbl', nvsize=, Off_t='', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc'
l', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
ldf'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    perllibs=
    libc=/lib/libc-2.3.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libper
    gnulibc_version='2.3.1'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so', d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynam
+ic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC'
ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5', lddlflags='s Unicode/
+Normalize XS/A'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: DEBUGGING MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_
+FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
  Locally applied patches:
      MAINT18379
  Built under linux
  Compiled at Feb 18 2003 22:19:53
  @INC:
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0

[edan]

Hi - the monks who have suggested changing your locale settings are correct (see this, this, and this). See make 'missing separator' error when building CPAN modules on RedHat 8/9 for more info.

HTH

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3dan

[gary kuipers]

Another interesting note:

I tried using an older version of Time::HiRes from cpan.org - v1.20. Same problem, except the error "missing separator" appears on line 88 in this case.

Perhaps something is broken in the perl Makefile.PL process and it is making bad Makefile?

[edan]

Yes, the problem has nothing to do with Time::HiRes. The problem is with Config.pm in the '*.UTF-8' locales in the version of perl shipped with RH9, which causes the corrupted Makefiles

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3dan