[perl #29935] Unable to make test or make install perl

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This is a bug report for perl from wilx@logout.sh.cvut.cz,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.34 running under perl v5.8.2.


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I am unable to install or test either perl 5.8.3 or .4. 
Both die with similar error as shown bellow. Always unexpected "(".


make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/4/wilx/tmp/perl-5.8.4/ext/threads/shared'
PERL=./perl make _test_prep
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/4/wilx/tmp/perl-5.8.4'
cd t && (rm -f ./perl; /home/4/wilx/bin/ln -s .././perl ./perl)
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/4/wilx/tmp/perl-5.8.4'
PERL=./perl make _test
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/4/wilx/tmp/perl-5.8.4'
if (true </dev/tty) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
  make TEST_ARGS= TESTFILE=TEST _test_tty   ; \
else \
  make TEST_ARGS= TESTFILE=TEST _test_notty ; \
fi
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/4/wilx/tmp/perl-5.8.4'
cd t &&   ./perl TEST  </dev/tty
./perl: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
make[2]: *** [_test_tty] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/4/wilx/tmp/perl-5.8.4'
make[1]: *** [_test] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/4/wilx/tmp/perl-5.8.4'
make: *** [test] Error 2


The info bellow is from my working perl, not the one I've tryed to install.
But the configuration should be the same. Threads, 64bit ints etc.


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Flags:
    category=install
    severity=high
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Site configuration information for perl v5.8.2:

Configured by wilx at Fri Nov 21 23:14:00 CET 2003.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 2) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=freebsd, osvers=4.9-prerelease, archname=i386-freebsd-thread-multi-64int
    uname='freebsd logout 4.9-prerelease freebsd 4.9-prerelease #1: sat i386 unknown '
    config_args=''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include',
    optimize='-O2 -march=i686',
    cppflags='-DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4 20031119 (experimental)', gccosandvers='freebsd4.9'
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags ='-pthread -Wl,-E  -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/lib /usr/local/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc_r
    perllibs=-lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc_r
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC -shared', lddlflags='-shared  -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.8.2:
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5/5.8.2/i386-freebsd-thread-multi-64int
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5/5.8.2
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5/i386-freebsd-thread-multi-64int
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5/5.8.2/i386-freebsd-thread-multi-64int
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5/5.8.2
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-freebsd-thread-multi-64int
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2
    /home/4/wilx/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.8.2:
    HOME=/home/4/wilx
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/4/wilx/lib:/home/4/wilx/lib/gcc-lib/i386-unknown-freebsd4.9/3.4:/home/4/wilx/lib/gcc/i386-unknown-freebsd4.9/3.4:/home/4/wilx/lib:/home/4/wilx/lib/gcc/i386-unknown-freebsd4.10/3.5.0::/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/4/wilx/bin:/home/4/wilx/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/4/wilx/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
    PERL5LIB=/home/4/wilx/lib/perl5
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/usr/local/bin/zsh

• [perl #29935] Unable to make test or make install perl by V . Haisman @ sh . cvut . cz
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