Solaris 8 and gcc Hints

I have installed the MailScanner on a new Solaris 8 system, using gcc. Fortunately, most of it is painless, however...

Syntax errors when running autoupdate

It will complain about now having run h2ph. However, doing this merely generates a new (syntax error) message.

As root, do

    # cd /usr/include
    # /usr/perl5/bin/h2ph -r -l .

Then edit the file /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/_h2ph_pre.ph and comment out line 2, which is the first line in the file starting with the word unless.

Compilation errors installing MIME::Base64

These are due to using gcc instead of the Sun compilers.

1. Ensure that your path does contain /usr/local/bin and /usr/ccs/bin.
2. Ensure that your path does not contain /usr/ucb.
3. Run the usual perl Makefile.PL command.
4. Edit the resulting Makefile:
   • Change the definition of CC to be gcc instead of cc
   • Change the definition of LD to be gcc instead of cc
   • Change the definition of CCCDLFLAGS to be -fPIC instead of -KPIC
   • Change the definition of OPTIMIZE to be -O2 instead of -xO3 -xdepend
5. Run make, make test and make install.

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