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Re: [perl #24471] gv.c: identifier "copy" is undefined

From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
November 14, 2003 01:17
Subject:
Re: [perl #24471] gv.c: identifier "copy" is undefined
Message ID:
20031114101507.4351101c.rgarcia@hexaflux.com
jim@rrsl.rsmas.miami.edu (via RT) wrote:
> 
> Since I installed IRIX 7.4.1m compiler updates I cannot build
> perl (either 5.8.1 or 5.8.2).  I get an error compiling gv.c.
> 
> How do I workaround or fix this compilation problem?
> I don't see anything in README.irix about this issue.
> 
> I used IRIX 7.4m compilers to build and install perl 5.8.0.

I'd say it's a bug with your C preprocessor.

Can you try the modification below, to see whether it solves your problem?
(basically it only expands a CAT2 macro)


==== //depot/perl/pp.h#54 - /opt/p4/perl/pp.h ====
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
    changed SV* ref to SV* tmpRef */
 #define RvDEEPCP(rv) STMT_START { SV* tmpRef=SvRV(rv);      \
   if (SvREFCNT(tmpRef)>1) {                 \
-    SvRV(rv)=AMG_CALLun(rv,copy);      \
+    SvRV(rv)=amagic_call(rv,&PL_sv_undef,copy_amg,AMGf_noright | AMGf_unary) \
     SvREFCNT_dec(tmpRef);                   \
   } } STMT_END
 



> compile error messages:
>           CCCMD =  cc -n32 -DPERL_CORE -c -DPTHREAD_H_FIRST -D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME -woff 1184,1552 -I/usr/local/include -DLANGUAGE_C -O3 -OPT:Olimit=0:space=ON 
> cc-1020 cc: ERROR File = gv.c, Line = 1712
>   The identifier "copy" is undefined.
> 
>       RvDEEPCP(left);
>       ^



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