tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde) (01/31/89)
I'm having difficulty getting perl 2.0 patchlevel 0 to work on my machine. We have a 3B2/600 running SysV 3.1.1. Configure runs as expected, and everybody compiles fine. However, when I try to run the tests in the t directory, I run into problems. The base tests run up until base.lex, which gives me: 1..7 #1 :x: eq :x: ok 1 ok 2 not ok 3 ok 4 ok 5 7964: terminated with signal 10 -- core dumped At which point the test script gives up - reasonably, given that the parser appears to be malfunctioning. Am I missing some patches? We just downloaded this from the archives recently, so I wouldn't be suprised. (How long does something of this complexity usually last at patchlevel 0?) Barring that, would someone please point and laugh at my mistake? tim -- Tim J Ihde INTERNET: tim@attdso.att.com (201) 898-6687 UUCP: att!attdso!tim "Blimey - this redistribution of wealth is more complicated than I'd thought!" - Dennis Moore and various Presidents
tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde) (02/08/89)
In article <4349@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes: >In article <744@attdso.att.com> tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde) writes: >: Am I missing some patches? We just downloaded this from the archives >: recently, so I wouldn't be suprised. > >There are 18 patches for 2.0 perl. I retrieved all the patches from your server, and applied them in turn. However, I still got the core dump when running base.lex. After trying various things, I decided to try compiling again with -g and running under sdb. Low and behold, this fixed the problem. More specifically, removing the -O for debugging solved the problem. In other words, be cautious with the optimizer when compiling perl on a 3B2/600 running System V 3.1.1. It looks like there are problems. You might want to consider asking the installer in Configure if (s)he wants to use the optimizer or not. >(By the way, I'm posting this from the terminal room at USENIX. Fun!) Gee, some guys get all the excitement. :-) >Larry Wall tim -- Tim J Ihde INTERNET: tim@attdso.att.com (201) 898-6687 UUCP: att!attdso!tim "Blimey - this redistribution of wealth is more complicated than I'd thought!" - Dennis Moore and various Presidents