Trying to merge dev-lang/perl-5.8.4 fails with the following error: [...] gcc -L/usr/local/lib -o miniperl \ miniperlmain.o opmini.o libperl.a -lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc ./miniperl -w -Ilib -MExporter -e '<?>' || make minitest Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x1011440c. make: [extra.pods] Error 1 (ignored) ./miniperl -Ilib configpm configpm.tmp sh mv-if-diff configpm.tmp lib/Config.pm ./miniperl -Ilib lib/lib_pm.PL Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x10113e68 at lib/lib_pm.PL line 1. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x1011be94 at lib/File/Basename.pm line 135. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x1011be94 at lib/File/Basename.pm line 139. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x1012ecac at lib/warnings.pm line 134. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x1011beb8 at lib/File/Basename.pm line 140. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x10140214 at lib/Exporter/Heavy.pm line 3. make: *** [lib/lib.pm] Segmentation fault !!! ERROR: dev-lang/perl-5.8.4 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 188, Exitcode 2 !!! Unable to make Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -u perl Actual Results: Compilation aborts with given error message. Expected Results: Successful compilation. Gentoo Base System version 1.4.11 Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-ppc-2004.1, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.24-ppc-r2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.24-ppc-r2 ppc 740/750 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -mcpu=750" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/lib/pbbuttons /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -mcpu=750" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://linux.rz. ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ http://ftp.snt.utwente. nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d aalib acl alsa bidi cdr crypt cscope cups directfb dvd emacs encode fbcon flac foomaticdb gdbm ggi gif gnome-libs gpm gtk gtk2 guile imap imlib java javascript jikes jpeg libwww mad maildir mikmod mitshm motif mozilla mule ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl operanom2 oss pam perl png ppc python qt readline sdl slang spell ssl tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype unicode usb video_cards_mach64 vim-with-x xface xgetdefault xinerama xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
lower your CFLAGS change "-O3" to "-O2" and try again hth PS "-O3" should not be used systemwide, i can break it.
Same error with CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=750".
I am on an iBook 2.2 800MHz here. dev-lang/perl-5.8.2-r1 compiled fine with CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=750 -fsigned-char -mpowerpc-gfxopt", but perl-5.8.4 terminates with exactly the same error message. removing -O2 from CFLAGS fixes the problem. Now the question is: Which one of the single optimizations within -O2 breaks the compilation? I don't want to compile perl without any optimizations. # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-ppc-2004.1, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r3, 2.6.2_rc1-benh1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.2_rc1-benh1 ppc 750FX Gentoo Base System version 1.4.11 distcc 2.11.2 powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-pipe -mcpu=750 -fsigned-char -mpowerpc-gfxopt" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /var/lib/pbbuttons /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-pipe -mcpu=750 -fsigned-char -mpowerpc-gfxopt" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib apache2 apm arts audiofile berkdb caps crypt cups doc dvd encode flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk2 guile icq imlib innodb jack jack-tmpfs java jpeg kde ladcca lcms libwww mad maildir mitshm motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls offensive oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png ppc python qt radeon readline samba sdl slang speex spell ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype usb video_cards_radeon wmf xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
After setting CFLAGS="-O1 -pipe -mcpu=750" dev-lang/perl-5.8.4 compiled and merged successfully. My machine is an Apple PowerBook G3 333Mhz (Lombard).
You may also want to try setting USE="-threads"
After installing gcc 3.3.3, the problems with perl 5.8.4 went away. Solution: Install gcc-3.3.3-pre20040408-r1
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i hit the same bug on arm ... solution was to simply add use arm && replace-flags -O? -O1 in this case we can do the same
added the same fix to 5.8.4 for ppc that i did with arm
