[perl #22819] Segmentation fault on "make install" on AIX 4.2.1.0

On Thu Jun 26 11:52:42 2003, mcooper7290 wrote:
> 
> I'm attempting to install perl 5.8.0 from source on AIX 4.2.  When I
> run "make
> install" (after a successful "make") I get a Segmentation fault:
> 
> aix2% make install
> .... lots of text deleted ....
> ./perl installperl
> gnumake[1]: *** [install.perl] Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> gnumake[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/p.obj'
> gnumake: *** [install] Error 2
> aix2% /usr/local/bin/gdb perl
> GNU gdb 5.3
> Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and
> you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
> conditions.
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
> details.
> This GDB was configured as "powerpc-ibm-aix4.2.0.0"...
> (gdb) run installperl
> Starting program: /tmp/p.obj/perl installperl
> 
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x10008b68 in Perl_pp_entersub ()
> (gdb) where
> #0  0x10008b68 in Perl_pp_entersub ()
> #1  0x100a840c in Perl_runops_standard ()
> #2  0x1005bf48 in S_call_body ()
> #3  0x1005bc04 in Perl_call_sv ()
> #4  0x1005fbb0 in S_call_list_body ()
> #5  0x1005f778 in Perl_call_list ()
> #6  0x10043c74 in Perl_newATTRSUB ()
> #7  0x1003f470 in Perl_utilize ()
> #8  0x100996f0 in Perl_yyparse ()
> #9  0x1005ab28 in S_parse_body ()
> #10 0x10059b7c in perl_parse ()
> #11 0x100002b4 in main ()
> #12 0x100001a0 in __start ()
> (gdb) quit
> aix2% file perl
> perl:           executable (RISC System/6000) or object module not
> stripped
> 
> A good number of "make test" tests also fail.
> 
> When running Configure I accept all default values.  I compiled with
> GCC 3.3,
> but also have tried GCC 2.95.1.  I've tried this numerous times all
> with the
> same result.
> 
> The system is freshly installed with default options.  It has the AIX
> updates applied.
> 
> If I boot the system off of its AIX 4.3 OS disk and
> configure/build/install perl, I have
> no problems.
> 
> Anybody have any clues on this?
> 

Given the age of this ticket and the fact that the version of Perl
described is no longer supported, I doubt that there is much we can do
about this ticket.

But would any of us who are familiar with AIX have any comments about
this problem?

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

• Re: [perl #22819] Segmentation fault on "make install" on AIX 4.2.1.0 by Mike Cooper
• [perl #22819] Segmentation fault on "make install" on AIX 4.2.1.0 by James E Keenan via RT
• Re: [perl #22819] Segmentation fault on "make install" on AIX 4.2.1.0 by Rainer Tammer