Sorry, but that was so long ago I have forgotten the details. I also have
found Perl packages at sunfreeware so I don't have to work through all the
compiler quirks of various versions of gcc. That is one of the biggest
downers about installing anything related to Perl that requires compiling on
*nix. I don't think I have ever had Perl or an XS module compile and build
cleanly without numerous debugging runs with hard to pinpoint error
messages. For all its faults, MS has it hands down over *nix when it comes
to installation.
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>Reply-To: bug-Tk@rt.cpan.org
>To: rfulbrig@hotmail.com
>Subject: [rt.cpan.org #13132] Tk-804.027: JPEG/jpeg fails make Date: Sun,
>26 Mar 2006 14:02:12 -0500 (EST)
>
>
><URL:
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13132 >
>
>On Tue Jun 07 03:35:59 2005, guest wrote:
> > perl -v
> > This is perl 5.8.5, built for sun4-solaris
> >
> > uname -a
> > SunOS 5.8 Generic_117000-03 sun4u sparc SUNW, Sun-Blade-1500
> >
> > gcc 2.8.1
> >
> > GNU make 3.80
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > The gcc compiler fails with option -fno-strict-aliasing.
> >
> > The make command fails in JPEG/jpeg when it tries to process the perl
> > script to copy jpeg code (which the author describes as dubious in the
> > docs).
>
>I don't quite understand this report.
>Can you send the transcript of a failed make?
>
>It is quite true that a GCC that old does not understand aliasing,
>it does not need to as it didn't do aliasing.
>So is that option embeded in the jpeg code or does it (as I suspect)
>come from perl's Configure?
>
>e.g. does
>
>perl -V
>
>(Captial 'V')
>
>Show the option in its compiler options?
>
>If so then you "should" use a compiler compatible with the
>one used to build your perl.
>
>
>
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