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From: wehr@fmeed1.UUCP (Bruce Wehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Last HP-UX 6.5/Perl 3.0 Patch 4 hurdle cleared
Message-ID: <4521@fmeed1.UUCP>
Date: 17 Nov 89 22:09:28 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.hp
Organization: Ford Electronics Division, Dearborn MI
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I had one last problem trying to get HP-UX 6.5 and Perl 3.0 Patch 4 to
play nice together.  Actually, Perl itself compiled fine - it was [as]2p
that broke.

It seems that HP-UX 6.5 doesn't support the bcopy() and bzero() calls
(at least - not in libc, nor is it documented anywhere).  Someone,
however, decided to slip bcopy() into the [n]dbm libraries.  They chose
(for some reason) *not* to include bzero().

Well, need I go further?  Yes?  OK.

Larry Wall's Configure script detects bcopy() in one of the libraries
(he doesn't know which one - nor does he care) and says - HA!  This
machine has bcopy()!  It must have bzero(), too!

Sorry, Larry.  There are still twit operating systems out there.  HP-UX
is getting better.  Patience.  And until then, check for both (or
something).

Oh, BTW - my fix was to change d_bcopy from define to undef in
config.sh, re-run all the *.SH files (including x2p/*.SH), and re-do all
the make steps.  Hope someone finds this info helpful.
-- 
	       Bruce Wehr (wehr%dptc.decnet@srlvx0.srl.ford.com)
    (...!mailrus!sharkey!fmeed1!wehr) (wehr%fmeed1.uucp@mailgw.cc.umich.edu)
		   Ford Motor Company - Electronics Division
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