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I was requested to install GIMP on my Suns.  I began to install it, but
it needed new
versions of glib and GTK+ installed, which I did.  Then, while doing the
./configure
for GIMP, it suggested that we might want Gtk-Perl and PDL installed.
Gtk-Perl went
fine, but installing PDL results in:

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hostname:/opt/PDL-2.3.3# perl Makefile.PL

FATAL BUG IN YOUR PERL SETUP DETECTED. BUILD TERMINATED.

On this platform the combination of gcc and Perl's malloc
are buggy. The optimizations lead to random coredumps
and make PDL essentially unusable.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WORKAROUND: YOU MUST RECOMPILE PERL WITH 'usemymalloc=n' !!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You may override and force the build by including the
'FORCE' switch:

  perl Makefile.PL FORCE

However, you will most likely end up with an unusable
PDL build unless *all* optimizations are disabled!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

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I also downloaded a new version of Perl, but it was precompiled, so I
never
had a chance to compile it with different options or any chance to
correct
any "FATAL BUGS" it may have had.  At first glance, I don't see anywhere
to
grab source for Perl, but I'll keep looking.

How can I get around this problem?  Where can I find source for Perl
that
I can compile with the option they suggest?

Thanks!

Randy

Try the cleverly named perl.org and perl.com.

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On a slightly more useful note, you can get a compiled version of Perl
sans malloc bug from sunfreeware.com.  The malloc bug is simply cured by
using gcc, but Perl is a hastle to compile, so I'd try this instead.

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Quote:> The malloc bug is simply cured by
> using gcc, but Perl is a hastle to compile, so I'd try this instead.

                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^          

This, I find to be an interesting statement; I've always found it to
be one of the most trouble-free compiles.  What sort of things have you
run into?

Dave Hinz

Hassle in the sense that you can go watch Dune (the full version with
Patrick Stewart) before it's done, not hassle in the sense it's hard,
except when something goes wrong; when a program that big doesn't want
to get along, it just plain sucks.

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