Bug 551740

Summary:	dev-perl/XML-LibXML-2.12.100 compile fails: Couldn't find C compiler
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	haarp <main.haarp>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Gentoo Perl team <perl>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info

Description haarp 2015-06-11 09:25:34 UTC

Created attachment 404928 [details]
emerge --info

For some reason I cannot compile this package. Everything else works fine, the C compiler is working correctly.

build log:
Package:    dev-perl/XML-LibXML-2.12.100
Repository: gentoo
Maintainer: perl@gentoo.org
USE:        abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU
FEATURES:   preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking XML-LibXML-2.0121.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/XML-LibXML-2.12.100/work
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/XML-LibXML-2.12.100/work
>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/XML-LibXML-2.12.100/work/XML-LibXML-2.0121 ...
>>> Source prepared.
>>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/XML-LibXML-2.12.100/work/XML-LibXML-2.0121 ...
Using ExtUtils::MakeMaker
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr INSTALLDIRS=vendor INSTALLMAN3DIR=none DESTDIR=/var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/XML-LibXML-2.12.100/image/
Couldn't find your C compiler
Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 92.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 92.

Comment 1 haarp 2015-08-04 17:59:50 UTC

Apparently LibXML looks for the C compiler that perl was compiled with, which had since been uninstalled. Yay for useful error messages!

Marking resolved.