From pda@sdf.org

For what it's worth, 32-bits builds fine, at least with gcc.
Stack trace of miniperl follows the config info.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 12 subversion 1) configuration​:

  Platform​:
  osname=hpux, osvers=11.31, archname=PA-RISC2.0
  uname='hp-ux tdcbobd1 b.11.31 u 9000800 2534553333 unlimited-user license '
  config_args='-der'
  hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
  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='c89 +e +DD64', ccflags ='+DD64 -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,+vnocompatwarnings -I/usr/local/free/hppa64/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
  optimize='-g -g',
  cppflags='-D__STDC_EXT__ -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,+vnocompatwarnings +DD64 -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,+vnocompatwarnings -I/usr/local/free/hppa64/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
  ccversion='B.11.11.22', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
  intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
  d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
  ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
  alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries​:
  ld='/usr/bin/ld', ldflags =' '
  libpth=/usr/lib/pa20_64 /usr/local/free/hppa64/lib
  libs=-lnsl -lnm -ldld -lm -lsec -lc
  perllibs=-lnsl -lnm -ldld -lm -lsec -lc
  libc=/lib/libc.sl, so=sl, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking​:
  dlsrc=dl_hpux.xs, dlext=sl, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-B,deferred '
  cccdlflags='+Z', lddlflags='-b +vnocompatwarnings '

Core was generated by `miniperl'.
Program terminated with signal 10, Bus error.
BUS_UNKNOWN - Unknown Error
#0 0x40000000000be3ac in S_reganode (pRExC_state=0x800003ffbfff3f38, op=45 '-', arg=1)
  at regcomp.c​:8625
8625 FILL_ADVANCE_NODE_ARG(ptr, op, arg);
(gdb) bt
#0 0x40000000000be3ac in S_reganode (pRExC_state=0x800003ffbfff3f38, op=45 '-', arg=1)
  at regcomp.c​:8625
#1 0x40000000000b2b38 in S_reg (pRExC_state=0x800003ffbfff3f38, paren=1,
  flagp=0x800003ffbfff4910, depth=5) at regcomp.c​:6139
#2 0x40000000000b5be4 in S_regatom (pRExC_state=0x800003ffbfff3f38, flagp=0x800003ffbfff47f0,
  depth=4) at regcomp.c​:6978
#3 0x40000000000b3b0c in S_regpiece (pRExC_state=0x800003ffbfff3f38, flagp=0x800003ffbfff4730,
  depth=3) at regcomp.c​:6412
#4 0x40000000000b38cc in S_regbranch (pRExC_state=0x800003ffbfff3f38, flagp=0x800003ffbfff4398,
  first=1, depth=2) at regcomp.c​:6354
#5 0x40000000000b2c10 in S_reg (pRExC_state=0x800003ffbfff3f38, paren=0,
  flagp=0x800003ffbfff3e78, depth=1) at regcomp.c​:6163
#6 0x40000000000ab6ac in Perl_re_compile (pattern=0x800000010003ba30, pm_flags=0)
  at regcomp.c​:4429
#7 0x40000000000aaa40 in Perl_pregcomp (pattern=0x800000010003ba30, flags=0) at regcomp.c​:4207
#8 0x40000000001537fc in Perl_pp_regcomp () at pp_ctl.c​:221
#9 0x40000000000f6988 in Perl_runops_standard () at run.c​:40
#10 0x4000000000223304 in Perl_call_sv (sv=0x800000010002c108, flags=14) at perl.c​:2605
#11 0x400000000022af68 in Perl_call_list (oldscope=2, paramList=0x800000010002e2b8) at perl.c​:4585
#12 0x4000000000210c98 in S_process_special_blocks (fullname=0x8000000100039588 "BEGIN",
  gv=0x800000010002e278, cv=0x800000010002c108) at op.c​:5960
#13 0x4000000000210aa8 in Perl_newATTRSUB (floor=25, o=0x80000001000395a0, proto=0x0, attrs=0x0,
  block=0x80000001000396b0) at op.c​:5931
#14 0x4000000000208d84 in Perl_utilize (aver=1, floor=25, version=0x0, idop=0x8000000100039350,
  arg=0x0) at op.c​:3986
#15 0x4000000000097914 in Perl_yyparse () at perly.y​:674
#16 0x4000000000221984 in S_parse_body (env=0x0, xsinit=0x400000000004b180 <.opd+0x1a0>)
  at perl.c​:2160
#17 0x400000000022024c in perl_parse (my_perl=0x800000010000d260,
  xsinit=0x400000000004b180 <.opd+0x1a0>, argc=3, argv=0x800003ffbfff2538, env=0x0)
  at perl.c​:1605
#18 0x40000000001fc034 in main (argc=3, argv=0x800003ffbfff2538, env=0x800003ffbfff2558)
  at miniperlmain.c​:115

From @Tux

It's been almost a year since this was posted.

I do not have a *PA-RISC* system with HP-UX 11.31. Most HP-UX 11.31
will be Itanium2.

The compiler version 11.11.22 seems reasonably recent, but I cannot
check for 11.31, where I have

$ c89 --version
cc​: HP C/aC++ B3910B A.06.25.02 [Nov 25 2010]

First question would be why you use 'c89' instead of 'cc', as many
checks in Configure and hints will look at the compiler name, and we do
not check for the name 'c89'.

What strikes me as inconsistent though is this combination​:

  config_args='-der'
  cc='c89 +e +DD64', ccflags ='+DD64 -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,
+vnocompatwarnings -I/usr/local/free/hppa64/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'

Which is bound to fail. What you would need instead is

  $ ./Configure -Dcc=cc -Duse64bitall -der

Maybe you need to get the -I/usr/local/free/hppa64/include added
somewhere later, but at this point that would not be important yet.

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

11 years; is this closable?

11 years; is this closable?

I believe it should be closed. The original poster never responded to questions posed by a knowledgeable contributor. 5.12.1 is long out of support, so we would only be concerned if this could be demonstrated to persist on 5.32 or 5.34.