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Perl 5.8.2 gv.c compiles with this change to pp.h (you left out the ;).
I will report this C preprocessor problem to SGI.
Thank you for your help.
> > 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);
> > ^