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From: meuer@cs.umn.edu (Mark V. Meuer)
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Subject: Re: toke.c warnings on SGI Irix 3.3
Keywords: install toke compiler errors
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.212941.9704@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 24 Apr 91 21:29:41 GMT
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In <1991Apr24.192700.5016@kodak.kodak.com> lrul00@dixel.Kodak.COM (Richard C. Dempsey) writes:


>I am installing perl 4.003 on a Silicon Graphics Personal Iris 4D/25
>running Irix v3.3.  I get a bunch of warnings when compiling toke.c at
>lines 2333, 2345, 2453, 2464, and 2517.  In each case it says "illegal
>member use: f_up" (or f_type).  At lines 2333, 2345, 2453, and 2517, it
>also says "illegal structure pointer combination".  In addition, it
>won't run t/TEST at all.  Any ideas?

I ran into some of the same problems.  The problem with toke.c is
caused by the fact that the file sys/file.h on the Iris defines f_next
as a macro.  Unfortunately f_next is used as a field name in one of
the structures in toke.c.  To fix it, find where sys/file.h is
#included in toke.c and insert "#undef f_next" right after it.

The other thing to watch out for is the value of vfork in the
configuration file.  The patched configuration script gives a warning
about vfork.  You MUST go with the recommended value (undefined).

>Incidentally, I can compile eval.c and teval.c with "-O -Olimit 2900"
>in 16 MB, but it takes 50-60 minutes each (gag).  It uses 5:39 of CPU
>in 40:00 elapsed.  It sure would be nice if MIPS optimazation algorithm
>could trade time for space a little more gracefully.

You might also have to turn off optimization to get it to work.  I had
to for earlier versions of perl and never bothered to try turning it
back on again.  

Good luck!  :-)

-mark

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