Subject: Re: perl install test failed ipc
To: Joe Laffey <joe@laffeycomputer.com>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/08/1999 12:27:39
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Joe Laffey wrote:

> I am installing PERL 5.005_3 on NetBSD 1.4 Mac68k.
> 
> I ran into this error when running the tests:
> lib/ipc_sysv........msgget failed: No space left on device
> dubious
>         Test returned status 28 (wstat 7168, 0x1c00)
> DIED. FAILED tests 1-16
>         Failed 16/16 tests, 0.00% okay
> 
> None of my filesystems are full. Anyone have a clue? Does NetBSD just not
> support ipc_sysv?

The lang/perl5 package, perl 5.005_04, doesn't have a lib/ipc_sysv.
Doesn't skip it--just doesn't have it. Must be new in 5.005_3. (3 is
newer than 04? Whatever.) You're canoeing in uncharted territory. It's
about time somebody tried to update the perl package. Lotsa luck. :)