[ic] 4.6.5 - ./configure bug re: perl detection...

Jeff Carnahan interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Thu May 24 17:09:00 2001


}>Found Perl 5.006 as /usr/bin/perl
}>
}>$ /usr/bin/perl -version
}>
}>This is perl, v5.6.0 built for i686-linux
}
}It is just two different ways of expressing the same version, I think; try
}perl -V (note uppercase V) at the command line and you will see
}what I mean.
}

Sorry, I still don't see it, maybe I'm being dense.. Here's what perl -V
returns:

$ /usr/bin/perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.2.12-20smp, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux mercedes.networq.com 2.2.12-20smp #1 smp mon sep 27
10:34:45 edt 1999 i686 unknown '
    config_args='-de'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef
usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usesocks=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-O2', gccversion=egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux
(egcs-1.1.2 release)
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags
='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFS
ET_BITS=64'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.1.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES
  Built under linux
  Compiled at Apr 28 2000 13:37:20
  @INC:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.00554/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.00554
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .
$

I don't see a mention of 5.006 anywhere..

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Jeff Carnahan - jcarnahan@networq.com