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From:
Andy Dougherty
Date:
November 7, 2003 12:44
Subject:
Re: Perl earlier versions installation
Message ID:
Pine.SOL.4.53.0311071540150.28553@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:20:38AM +0330, s_karimi@laleh.itrc.ac.ir wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > It's almost one year that I write programs with perl
> > The version I use is 5.8.0.
> > But I have a package that runs only on perl version 5.6 or earlier.
> > In perl.com I got the version 5.003
> > But I didn't remove the last one and tried to install this. I
> > run config.sh but when I type make, the following error appears.
> >
> > [root@itrcprox2 perl5.005_03]# make
> > make: *** No rule to make target `<built-in>', needed by `miniperlmain.o'.
> >  Stop.
> >
> > what should I do?

The problem is that your newer version of gcc is emitting output not
anticpiated in 5.6.x's build system.  The  simplest fix is to manually
edit 'makefile'  (not 'Makefile') and simply delete the lines containing
the phrase 'built-in'.  Then you can type 'make' and all should proceed
ok.

-- 
    Andy Dougherty		doughera@lafayette.edu

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