Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!isis!rwelch From: rwelch@isis.cs.du.edu (Randy S. Welch) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Perl 4.0 refuses to compile using gcc 1.30 Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 91 00:20:15 GMT References: <1553@sunc.osc.edu> <128361@uunet.UU.NET> <1557@sunc.osc.edu> Sender: usenet@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account) Organization: Public Access Unix - Univ. of Denver, Math Dept. Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: phil@cgrg.ohio-state.EDU's message of 12 Apr 91 17:15:45 GMT In article <1557@sunc.osc.edu> phil@cgrg.ohio-state.EDU (Phil Ritzenthaler) writes: Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Date: 12 Apr 91 17:15:45 GMT References: <1553@sunc.osc.edu> <128361@uunet.UU.NET> Sender: news@osc.edu Reply-To: phil@cgrg.ohio-state.edu Organization: Advanced Computing Center for Arts & Design Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: fac1.cgrg.ohio-state.edu It fails the test perl/t/op/dbm.t . . . hence the reply to the posting from rbj@uunet.UU.NET. Since these structures are passed, is dbm.t EXPECTED to fail if you use the gcc compiler? They all pass using Sun's cc . . . of course who said Sun's cc was a standard?? Sometimes I'd just like to take another's advice and give up on gcc and perl, but right now I feel this shouldn't be . . . Any takers?? Thanks . . . Well, I remember in Perl3.0.xx Configure used to have -fpcc-struct-return, but whether that works on sparcs I don't remember for sure. You could use gdbm instead n/dbm, that should work. -randy -- Randy Welch Mail to : ...!ncar!scicom!bldr!randy or rwelch@du.edu Boulder, CO rwelch@nyx.cs.du.edu or (303) 442-6717 "Unfortunately, life contains an unavoidable element of unpredictability" -David Lynch "The Angriest Dog in the World"