[Expectperl-discuss] IO::Tty - perlgcc Makefile.PL hangs

[Jason <da...@gm...>]

Hello,

I am trying to compile IO::Tty & IO::Pty so that I may compile the Expect
module. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to get past the perl Makefile.PL for
IO::Tty.

I am running Solaris 10 with Perl 5.8.4 which was compiled using
suntools/cc. I'm using perlgcc to compile modules with gcc, because cc is
not available on the system.

When I run perlgcc Makefile.PL I see:

Now let's see what we can find out about your system
(logfiles of failing tests are available in the conf/ dir)...

but then it hangs right there. I've let it sit for up to an hour so far,
then when I kill the process (control-C) I get the following:

ERROR: cannot run the configured compiler 'gcc'
(see conf/compilerok.log). Suggestions:
1) The complier 'gcc' is not in your PATH. Add it
   to the PATH and try again. OR
2) The compiler isn't installed on your system. Install it. OR
3) You only have a different compiler installed (e.g. 'gcc').
   Either fix the compiler config in the perl Config.pm
   or install a perl that was built with the right compiler
   (you could build perl yourself with the available compiler).


gcc is in my PATH, I have permissions (attempting this compile as root), and
it can create binaries. (I've used it numerous times prior to this).

/conf/compilerok.log is an empty file.

Are there any special requirements needed to get this compiled on Solaris
10, or does it just not work?

Thanks in advance,

~Jason