From uria@doubletrump.com

Dear Perl Bug,

I am trying to build Perl on a shared hosting environment. Perl should be
installed under the local user instead of /usr/local/
I ran Configure with all default suggested settings except for the target
folder set to ~dtadmin/perl

While running make, the process exits at the following place​:

  Making B (dynamic)
opendir(./../../../..)​: Permission denied at ../../lib/File/Find.pm line 604
Use of chdir('') or chdir(undef) as chdir() is deprecated at
../../lib/File/Find.pm line 751.
opendir(./..)​: Permission denied at ../../lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 170
Couldn't change to directory /home/u2/dtadmin/C​: No such file or directory
at Makefile.PL line 18
Writing Makefile for B
Warning​: No Makefile!
make​: don't know how to make config. Stop
make config failed, continuing anyway...
make​: don't know how to make all. Stop
*** Error code 2

Stop in /home/u2/dtadmin/perl-5.8.8.

uname -a result​:
FreeBSD pro8.abac.com 4.11-RELEASE-p19 FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE-p19 #1​: Fri Jul
14 16​:35​:50 PDT 2006 root@​bak1.abac.com​:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PRO i386

Please see myconfig output in the attached file.

Thanks,

  - Uri

Uri Arad
CTO, Double Trump Inc.
350 Fifth Ave. Suite 6109, New York NY 10118
p​: 212-537 6879
c​: 646-373 1551

From uria@doubletrump.com

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration​:
  Platform​:
  osname=freebsd, osvers=4.11-release-p19, archname=i386-freebsd
  uname='freebsd pro8.abac.com 4.11-release-p19 freebsd 4.11-release-p19 #1​: fri jul 14 16​:35​:50 pdt 2006 root@​bak1.abac.com​:usrobjusrsrcsyspro i386 '
  config_args=''
  hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
  usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
  useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
  use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
  usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler​:
  cc='cc', ccflags ='-DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include',
  optimize='-O',
  cppflags='-DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
  ccversion='', gccversion='2.95.4 20020320 [FreeBSD]', gccosandvers=''
  intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
  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, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries​:
  ld='cc', ldflags ='-Wl,-E -L/usr/local/lib'
  libpth=/usr/lib /usr/local/lib
  libs=-lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
  perllibs=-lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
  libc=, so=none, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking​:
  dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=none, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
  cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

From @jkeenan

I am trying to build Perl on a shared hosting environment. Perl should
be installed under the local user instead of /usr/local/ I ran Configure
with all default suggested settings except for the target folder set to
~dtadmin/perl

While running make, the process exits at the following place​:

Making B (dynamic)
opendir(./../../../..)​: Permission denied at ../../lib/File/Find.pm
line 604
Use of chdir('') or chdir(undef) as chdir() is deprecated at
../../lib/File/Find.pm line 751.
opendir(./..)​: Permission denied at ../../lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
line 170
Couldn't change to directory /home/u2/dtadmin/C​: No such file or directory
at Makefile.PL line 18
Writing Makefile for B
Warning​: No Makefile!
make​: don't know how to make config. Stop
make config failed, continuing anyway...
make​: don't know how to make all. Stop
*** Error code 2

Stop in /home/u2/dtadmin/perl-5.8.8.

uname -a result​:
FreeBSD pro8.abac.com 4.11-RELEASE-p19 FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE-p19 #1​:
Fri Jul
14 16​:35​:50 PDT 2006 root@​bak1.abac.com​:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PRO i386

Please see myconfig output [below].

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration​:
Platform​:
osname=freebsd, osvers=4.11-release-p19, archname=i386-freebsd
uname='freebsd pro8.abac.com 4.11-release-p19 freebsd
4.11-release-p19 #1​: fri jul 14 16​:35​:50 pdt 2006
root@​bak1.abac.com​:usrobjusrsrcsyspro i386 '
config_args=''
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef
usemultiplicity=undef
useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler​:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include',
optimize='-O',
cppflags='-DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='2.95.4 20020320 [FreeBSD]', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
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, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries​:
ld='cc', ldflags ='-Wl,-E -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/lib /usr/local/lib
libs=-lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
perllibs=-lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
libc=, so=none, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking​:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=none, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

While reviewing older tickets this evening, I came across this ticker
originally filed in 2007 and not responded to since.

The original poster reported a build failure due to a permissions issues
and stated​:

I am trying to build Perl on a shared hosting environment. Perl should
be installed under the local user instead of /usr/local/ I ran Configure
with all default suggested settings except for the target folder set to
~dtadmin/perl

However, it does not appear to me from the configuration information the
original poster supplied that he correctly requested installation under
local user ~dtadmin/perl. The entry for 'config_args' in the 'myconfig'
information provided above is an empty string. In contrast, when I
configure like this​:

#####
sh ./Configure -des -Dusedevel -Dprefix=/Users/jimk/Documents/Downloads
#####

I get a 'myconfig' entry like this​:

#####
$ grep config_args myconfig config_args='-des -Dusedevel
-Dprefix=/Users/jimk/Documents/Downloads'
#####

Uri Arad​: The absence of a populated 'config_args' key in your
'myconfig' suggests that this was just a configuration error, not a bug
in Perl. Is this still a problem for you?

If we don't hear from the OP or get a different reading of the data
within 30 days, then I propose we close this ticket as "not a bug."

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @tonycoz

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 04​:50​:44PM -0700, James E Keenan via RT wrote​:

However, it does not appear to me from the configuration information the
original poster supplied that he correctly requested installation under
local user ~dtadmin/perl. The entry for 'config_args' in the 'myconfig'
information provided above is an empty string. In contrast, when I
configure like this​:

There's no -d in config_args either, so he ran Configure
interactively, supplying that directory when prompted.

Tony