Not strictly a perl question, but on the off-chance someone else has come across this problem...
I am trying to compile perl 5.8.8 on Intel Solaris 10 with the gcc that comes with the base install. When I run Configure Dcc=gcc and select all the defaults, I get the following problem: Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency... I've tried to compile and run the following simple program: #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Ok\n"); return(0); } I used the command: gcc -o try -O -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after- statement try.c -lsocket -lnsl -ldb -ldl -lm -lc ./try and I got the following output: ld: fatal: library -ldb: not found ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to try collect2: ld returned 1 exit status I can't compile the test program. (The supplied flags or libraries might be incorrect.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've googled around but have yet to find what -ldb does or what it looks for. There doesn't seem to be a man gcc. I'll carry on looking, but if anyone knows and could speed up my search, I would be grateful. I have read README.solaris and have followed all the instructions there including trying Configure -Dcc='gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/'. This doesn't make any difference. Many thanks Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/