# New Ticket Created by "kawaljeet kaur" # Please include the string: [perl #58242] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=58242 > Hi, I am compiling Perl-5.8.8 on HP-UX 11iv2 Itanium. I have few queries: 1) Every time when I run configure with '-des' option, i get the below error at end with configuration aborted: Finding dependencies for opmini.o. ./makedepend[158]: makefile: Cannot find or open the file. echo Makefile.SH cflags.SH config_h.SH makeaperl.SH makedepend.SH makedir.SH myconfig.SH writemain.SH pod/Makefile.SH | tr ' ' '\n' >.shlist Updating makefile... cp: cannot access makefile: No such file or directory test -s perlmain.c && touch perlmain.c cd x2p; make depend Bad character > (octal 76), line 206Make: . Stop. *** Error exit code 1 Why do i get this error? On the other hand, when i run configure option without '-des' , i am able to avoid this error most of the time. 2) Now moving on to next step, i find make producing errors unless i remove words '<command-line>' and '<built-in>' from makefiles in perl source directory and x2p sub-directory. 3)Assuming , configure and make ran successfully with above 2 modifications, i start getting many small errors ( with every module) when i run make test as below ( but these don't seem to produce any further error as their result). Writing Makefile for DynaLoader ==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <== ==> Please rerun the make command. <== false *** Error exit code 1 Stop. make config failed, continuing anyway... . . Writing Makefile for Errno ==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <== ==> Please rerun the make command. <== false *** Error exit code 1 Stop. make config failed, continuing anyway... ../../miniperl "-I../../lib" "-I../../lib" Errno_pm.PL Errno.pm Skip ../../lib/Errno.pm (unchanged) cd lib/unicore && ../../miniperl -I../../lib mktables -w and so on. and also lib/ExtUtils/t/Constant................... Stop. FAILED at test 33 lib/ExtUtils/t/dir_target.................ok . . lib/ExtUtils/t/recurs.....................# Failed test 'recursive make exited normally' # in ../lib/ExtUtils/t/recurs.t at line 61. # got: '256' # expected: '0' # Makefile out-of-date with respect to Makefile.PL # Cleaning current config before rebuilding Makefile... # make -f Makefile.old clean > /dev/null 2>&1 # /tmp/kawal/perl-5.8.8/t/perl "-I../../lib" "-I../../lib" Makefile.PL # Writing Makefile for Recurs::prj2 # Writing Makefile for Recurs # ==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <== # ==> Please rerun the make command. <== # false # *** Error exit code 1 # # Stop. FAILED at test 6 lib/ExtUtils/t/split_command..............ok . At the end , it says Failed 2 test scripts out of 963, 99.79% okay. That means the above small errors except the below 2 are not considered as errors. Also I read on some forums that the 2 scripts that have failed above are previously also reported to be failed by many, but could not find any solution for it. On other hand , if looking at the message to run make again , i abort make test manually and run make again (though i did not change anything in makefile ), i start getting errors with make also ,(but only for those extensions for which make test was not run ) as below: Writing Makefile for B ==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <== ==> Please rerun the make command. <== false *** Error exit code 1 Stop. make config failed, continuing anyway... Skip ../../lib/B/Stash.pm (unchanged) Please guide me whether these errors can be solved and what are the consequences of such errors produced while building perl.