Re: perl fails to build on MIPS and VAX

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On 15 June 2015 at 23:17, John Klos <john%klos.com@localhost> wrote:
> NetBSD-6, both recent, trying to build perl 5.22. First, VAX:
>
> gcc -c    -O1 -fgcse -fstrength-reduce -fgcse-after-reload -pthread
> -I/usr/include -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector
> -I/usr/local/include -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DSTRUCT_TM_HASZONE -Wall -Wextra
> -Wc++-compat -Wwrite-strings -O1 -fgcse -fstrength-reduce
> -fgcse-after-reload -pthread -I/usr/include    -DVERSION=\"1.53\"
> -DXS_VERSION=\"1.53\" -DPIC -fPIC "-I../.."   POSIX.c
> In file included from POSIX.xs:38:
> /usr/include/fenv.h:29:2: error: #error "fenv.h is currently not supported
> for this architecture"
> /usr/include/fenv.h:35:26: error: machine/fenv.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from POSIX.xs:38:
> /usr/include/fenv.h:41: error: expected ')' before '*' token
> /usr/include/fenv.h:43: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before '*' token
> /usr/include/fenv.h:47: error: expected ')' before '*' token
> /usr/include/fenv.h:48: error: expected ')' before '*' token
> /usr/include/fenv.h:49: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before '*' token
> /usr/include/fenv.h:50: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before '*' token
> ./const-xs.inc: In function 'XS_POSIX_constant':
> ./const-xs.inc:1451: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 4
> has type 'line_t'
> ./const-xs.inc:1456: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 4
> has type 'line_t'
> *** Error code 1
>
> MIPS (cobalt):
>
> ===> build-message [perl-5.22.0] ===> Building for perl-5.22.0
> gcc -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector -o miniperl  perlmini.o
> opmini.o miniperlmain.o  gv.o toke.o perly.o pad.o regcomp.o dump.o util.o
> mg.o reentr.o mro_core.o keywords.o hv.o av.o run.o pp_hot.o sv.o pp.o
> scope.o pp_ctl.o pp_sys.o doop.o doio.o regexec.o utf8.o taint.o deb.o
> universal.o globals.o perlio.o perlapi.o numeric.o mathoms.o locale.o
> pp_pack.o pp_sort.o caretx.o   -lm -lcrypt -lpthread
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/pkgsrc/lang/perl5/work/perl\-5.22.0 ./miniperl -w -Ilib
> -Idist/Exporter/lib -MExporter -e '<?>' || sh -c 'echo >&2 Failed to build
> miniperl.  Please run make minitest; exit 1'
> Use of uninitialized value in hash element at dist/Exporter/lib/Exporter.pm
> line 41.
> Bad symbol for hash at dist/Exporter/lib/Exporter.pm line 44.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
> Failed to build miniperl. Please run make minitest

Just curious - is this a recent NetBSD issue or a recent perl issue?