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From: dwork@brahms.amd.com (Jeff Dwork)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl,comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Strange error compiling Perl 4.03 on Apollo (cc 6.8, SR10.3)
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Date: 24 Apr 91 19:28:39 GMT
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In article <heffron.672442769@falstaff.css.beckman.com> heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com writes:
>I've gotten a really strange error trying to compile cmd.c from the Perl 4.03
>distribution, using the cc 6.8 on a dn3500 running SR10.3, systype=BSD4.3 :
>

I can't get this far.  I'm using cc 6.7 and __STDC__ is defined, but
stdlib.h is missing.  Do I need to use -A nansi?  Is this different with cc
6.8?

>
>-Matt
>
>PS. the Configure script computes the "void" support level to be 3 when it
>should be 7.  This is because it invokes the compile of the test program with
>the -S option which Apollo doesn't support.  Likewise, it determines that malloc
>returns type "char *" instead of "void *" because the test program #includes
><malloc.h> which doesn't exist on Apollo.
>
>--
>Matt Heffron                      heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com
>Beckman Instruments, Inc.         voice: (714) 961-3128
>2500 N. Harbor Blvd. MS X-11, Fullerton, CA 92634-3100
>Cute saying/disclaimer in development.

Is 7 the correct void support for cc 6.7 also?

Thanks,
-Jeff

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