I am having the following "problem" when building mod_perl/Apache. I have a .makepl_args.mod_perl file in my $HOME, and "perl Makefile.PL" works almost perfectly, using Apaci to configure both Apache and mod_perl compilation just the way I want. Then "make" from the mod_perl dir, fails in the Apache src/support dir, trying to compile suexec. Here are the two "errors" that are generated, and their commands, the second coming after fixing the first: gcc -c -I.. -I/opt/perl5.6.0/lib/5.6.0/sun4-solaris/CORE -I../os/unix -I../include -DSOLARIS2=280 -DMOD_PERL -DUSE_PERL_SSI -fno-strict-aliasing -I/opt/BerkeleyDB.3.1/include -I/opt/include/X11 \ -DHTTPD_USER=\"httpd\" \ -DUID_MIN=100 \ -DGID_MIN=100 \ -DUSERDIR_SUFFIX=\"public_html\" \ -DLOG_EXEC=\"/opt/Apache.new/logs/suexec_log\" \ -DDOC_ROOT=\"/export/home/htdocs\" \ -DSAFE_PATH=\"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin\" \ suexec.c gcc: suexec.c: No such file or directory gcc: No input files *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `suexec.o' Copy/pasting this into a shell that is in the Apache src/support dir, and removing the \ before suexec.c at the end, works fine. (Or, I could put in a cr after the \ :):) Then, back in the mod_perl dir, "make" gives me this: gcc -DSOLARIS2=280 -DMOD_PERL -DUSE_PERL_SSI -fno-strict-aliasing -I/opt/BerkeleyDB.3.1/include -I/opt/include/X11 \ -DHTTPD_USER=\"httpd\" \ -DUID_MIN=100 \ -DGID_MIN=100 \ -DUSERDIR_SUFFIX=\"public_html\" \ -DLOG_EXEC=\"/opt/Apache.new/logs/suexec_log\" \ -DDOC_ROOT=\"/export/home/htdocs\" \ -DSAFE_PATH=\"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin\" \ -o suexec -L../os/unix -L../ap suexec.o -lap -los -lsocket -lnsl -L/opt/BerkeleyDB.3.1/lib -L/opt/lib/X11 /opt/perl5.6.0/lib/5.6.0/sun4-solaris/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/opt/perl5.6.0/lib/5.6.0/sun4-solaris/CORE -lperl -lsocket -lnsl -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lsec -ldl gcc: -o: No such file or directory gcc: suexec: No such file or directory *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `suexec' Again, I copy/paste, remove the \ before the -o suexec, and the command works. Back in mod_perl, "make", "make test", and "make install" all work perfectly. Obviously, a problem in the Makefile generation, and a simple one for someone who understands all the interaction between all the Makefiles. But, unfortunately, that is not me. :( Yet ;) This is not a show-stopper, but it does it make it impossible to do a clean "install Apache" from the CPAN shell, or a Bundle file. :( Relevant info: Solaris 2.6 and 8 perl 5.6.0 mod_perl 1.24 Apache 1.3.12 gcc 2.95.2 19991024 (release) Everything was compiled from the same gcc, the packages from sunfreeware.com, for 2.6 and 8. As a matter of fact, on new installations, I build _everything_ I need/use from nice shell/perl scripts and CPAN Bundle files that I have built over the past four years. That is why I would love to have this fixed. :):) (I can run the patch program, or even apply by hand. I have done both many times. :):) David McCabe Unix System Administrator Le Groupe Videotron [EMAIL PROTECTED] (514) 380 4433 Microsoft seems to have gotten a lot of mileage out of the C2 rating for NT with no network connection. I wonder if a B3 rating for Linux with no power cord might be of value. -- unknown