From richard.l.grubb@boeing.com

I am installing Perl 5.6 in nonstandard locations (I do not have root
privleges ). After I built Perl, I ran the tests and succeeded 98% or
so. But there were some failures, noted as follows​:

pragma/overload......FAILED at test 153

pragma/warnings......Cannot open pragma/warn/6default​: A file or
directory in the path name does not exist.
FAILED at test 0

lib/filefind.........FAILED at test 3

lib/findbin..........readdir(./../../../../..)​: A file descriptor does
not refer to an open file. at ../lib/FindBin.pm
line 143
FAILED at test 1

I mention these failures because they seem related to the problems I
have when trying to perform "make install". I ran the make install with
the necessary environment variable set to let Carp give the more
detailed traceback.

  ln /acct/rlg0301/man/man1/perlvms.tmp /acct/rlg0301/man/man1/perlvms.1
  unlink /acct/rlg0301/man/man1/perlvms.tmp
chdir
readdir(./..)​: A file descriptor does not refer to an open file. at
lib/Cwd.pm line 245
  Cwd​::abs_path(., .) called at lib/Cwd.pm line 101
  Cwd​::getcwd() called at installman line 99
  main​::runpod2man('lib', '/acct/rlg0301/man/man3', 3) called at
installman line 61
chdir lib
Executable pod/pod2man not found.
gmake​: *** [install.man] Error 2

sub getcwd
{
  abs_path('.');
}

So I am curious as to why Carp is saying abs_path is getting called with
(., .) wheras the source code in Cwd.pm says ('.')?

Just before the warning message involving readdir(./..), the installman
script invokes chdir which takes it to /acct/rlg0301. So what is wrong
with readdir(./..)?

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

I am installing Perl 5.6 in nonstandard locations (I do not have root
privleges ). After I built Perl, I ran the tests and succeeded 98% or
so. But there were some failures, noted as follows​:

pragma/overload......FAILED at test 153

pragma/warnings......Cannot open pragma/warn/6default​: A file or
directory in the path name does not exist.
FAILED at test 0

lib/filefind.........FAILED at test 3

lib/findbin..........readdir(./../../../../..)​: A file descriptor does
not refer to an open file. at ../lib/FindBin.pm
line 143
FAILED at test 1

I mention these failures because they seem related to the problems I
have when trying to perform "make install". I ran the make install with
the necessary environment variable set to let Carp give the more
detailed traceback.

  ln /acct/rlg0301/man/man1/perlvms.tmp /acct/rlg0301/man/man1/perlvms.1
  unlink /acct/rlg0301/man/man1/perlvms.tmp
chdir
readdir(./..)​: A file descriptor does not refer to an open file. at
lib/Cwd.pm line 245
  Cwd​::abs_path(., .) called at lib/Cwd.pm line 101
  Cwd​::getcwd() called at installman line 99
  main​::runpod2man('lib', '/acct/rlg0301/man/man3', 3) called at
installman line 61
chdir lib
Executable pod/pod2man not found.
gmake​: *** [install.man] Error 2

sub getcwd
{
  abs_path('.');
}

So I am curious as to why Carp is saying abs_path is getting called with
(., .) wheras the source code in Cwd.pm says ('.')?

Just before the warning message involving readdir(./..), the installman
script invokes chdir which takes it to /acct/rlg0301. So what is wrong
with readdir(./..)?

From @gsar

On Wed, 07 Jun 2000 15​:35​:51 +0200, Richard Foley wrote​:

I am installing Perl 5.6 in nonstandard locations (I do not have root
privleges ). After I built Perl, I ran the tests and succeeded 98% or
so. But there were some failures, noted as follows​:

pragma/overload......FAILED at test 153

pragma/warnings......Cannot open pragma/warn/6default​: A file or
directory in the path name does not exist.
FAILED at test 0

lib/filefind.........FAILED at test 3

lib/findbin..........readdir(./../../../../..)​: A file descriptor does
not refer to an open file. at ../lib/FindBin.pm
line 143
FAILED at test 1

[...various other problems...]

Looks like you have a broken perl build. The output of the myconfig
script may give some hints that people here may recognize.

Sarathy
gsar@​ActiveState.com

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Gurusamy Sarathy wrote​:

Looks like you have a broken perl build. The output of the myconfig
script may give some hints that people here may recognize.

Sarathy
gsar@​ActiveState.com

I have attached the file. Let me know if it is garbled because the
"special" version of Netscape that has been prepared for Boeing, garbles
attachments in forwarded email. I don't think it wile garble it in a
reply; but if it does, I try to resend it as inserted text instead of as
an attachment.

As you will probably find in the script, I am compiling on an IBM RS6000
running AIX 4.3.2 (which I forgot to mention in my original email).

Thanks

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

myconfig

From @dmcbride

Seeing as AIX 4.3 is out of service, and perl 5.6 is long out of support,
and perl 5.14.2 compiles with xlC on AIX 6, I vote to close this.

@cpansprout - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'