Bug 458 – perl-5.6.1-r2.ebuild does not build properly

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Thomas Tongue 2002-01-31 11:24:24 UTC]

The latest ebuild for Perl (perl-5.6.1-r2.ebuild) does not build properly. I get
the following failure:

make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/perl-5.6.1-r2/work/perl-5.6.1/ext/re'

        Making Errno (nonxs)
make[1]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/perl-5.6.1-r2/work/perl-5.6.1/ext/Errno'
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/perl-5.6.1-r2/work/perl-5.6.1/ext/Errno'
make[1]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/perl-5.6.1-r2/work/perl-5.6.1/ext/Errno'
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/perl-5.6.1-r2/work/perl-5.6.1/ext/Errno'
cd t && (rm -f perl; /bin/ln -s ../perl perl)
if (true </dev/tty) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
  cd t &&  ./perl TEST </dev/tty; \
else \
  cd t && PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST=1  ./perl TEST; \
fi
base/cond............ok
base/if..............ok
base/lex.............FAILED at test 12
Failed a basic test--cannot continue.
make: *** [test] Error 29

!!! ERROR: The ebuild did not complete successfully.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 76, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

!!! emerge aborting on  /usr/portage/sys-devel/perl/perl-5.6.1-r2.ebuild .

I am using a pretty up-to-date system. Here is what I get for emerge --pretend
--world update (if it's useful):

These are the packages that I would merge, in order.

Calculating system
dependencies..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
!!! Warning: couldn't find match for virtual/x11-web-browser in update (likely
old /var/db/pkg entry)
.............................................. done!
[ebuild   U] sys-devel/perl-5.6.1-r2 to /
[ebuild   U] dev-perl/PDL-2.3.2 to /
[ebuild   U] x11-base/xfree-4.2.0-r5 to /
[ebuild   U] gnome-base/gnome-print-0.35 to /
[ebuild N  ] media-libs/glut-3.7-r1 to /
[ebuild   U] sys-kernel/linux-sources-2.4.17-r3 to /
[ebuild   U] dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.3.1-r2 to /


Here is the "USE" in make.conf that I'm using:

USE="slang readline gpm berkdb gdbm tcpd pam libwww ssl alsa nls mitshm perl
python esd gif sdl vorbis ogg gnome gtk X qt kde motif opengl mozilla objprelink
cups mmx 3dnow java guile mysql tex bonobo libg++ tcltk lame"

I'm also using:

CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-mcpu=k6 -march=k6 -O3 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=k6 -march=k6 -O3 -pipe"

Let me know if there is any other information that is needed. Thanks!

[Comment 1 Thomas Tongue 2002-01-31 12:06:14 UTC]

Hmmm, and this build does not fail in the same place twice!!! When I repeat the
emerge command, it fails at a different place each time. Example:

          CCCMD =  cc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mcpu=k6 -march=k6 -O3 -pipe
`sh  cflags libperl.a perlio.o`  perlio.c
          CCCMD =  cc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mcpu=k6 -march=k6 -O3 -pipe
perlio.c: In function `PerlIO_setpos':
perlio.c:498: incompatible type for argument 2 of `fseeko'
make: *** [perlio.o] Error 1

!!! ERROR: The ebuild did not complete successfully.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 74, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

!!! emerge aborting on  /usr/portage/sys-devel/perl/perl-5.6.1-r2.ebuild .


So in this case, it doesn't even make it as far as the tests! I've had build
problems with other packages (and submitter bugs for those as well, see bugs 417
and 332. In going back to the Mozilla bug, it ALSO fails in different places!
(I'll make a note of that in the Mozilla bug as well). I don't think my build
environment is totally hosed though, because I just successfully built all the
KDE pacakages and it works great.

Mystified...

[Comment 2 Thomas Tongue 2002-01-31 13:37:15 UTC]

Fourth time is the charm. It built this time around. Very strange. Any clues as
to what could be causing this? I don have any problems with systems crashing or
stuff like that. Just the builds...

[Comment 3 Geert Bevin 2002-01-31 14:12:48 UTC]

could you check if perl-5.6.1-r1 has similar problems?

[Comment 4 Thomas Tongue 2002-01-31 14:49:25 UTC]

The original build (when I did the install for Gentoo) went without a hitch. To
try it now, I did the following (so I wouldn't have to unmerge my current (r2)
install of perl:

  ebuild perl-5.6.1-r1.ebuild clean unpack compile

This compiled without any trouble. So I would guess that the r1 build did not
have this problem. Very strange. It doesn't look like all that much has changed
in the script except for some configure options... it's the same perl source
code....

[Comment 5 Thomas Tongue 2002-02-01 10:59:39 UTC]

The new r3 build works fine. It built the first time through.