Don't long for headers and libraries in "traditional" locations. Patch from Nixpkgs by Eelco Dolstra . diff -ru -x '*~' perl-5.14.2-orig/Configure perl-5.14.2/Configure --- perl-5.14.2-orig/Configure 2011-09-26 11:44:34.000000000 +0200 +++ perl-5.14.2/Configure 2012-01-20 17:05:23.089223129 +0100 @@ -106,15 +106,7 @@ fi : Proper PATH setting -paths='/bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/ucb /usr/local /usr/lbin' -paths="$paths /opt/bin /opt/local/bin /opt/local /opt/lbin" -paths="$paths /usr/5bin /etc /usr/gnu/bin /usr/new /usr/new/bin /usr/nbin" -paths="$paths /opt/gnu/bin /opt/new /opt/new/bin /opt/nbin" -paths="$paths /sys5.3/bin /sys5.3/usr/bin /bsd4.3/bin /bsd4.3/usr/ucb" -paths="$paths /bsd4.3/usr/bin /usr/bsd /bsd43/bin /opt/ansic/bin /usr/ccs/bin" -paths="$paths /etc /usr/lib /usr/ucblib /lib /usr/ccs/lib" -paths="$paths /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/libexec" -paths="$paths /system/gnu_library/bin" +paths='' for p in $paths do @@ -1311,8 +1303,7 @@ archname='' : Possible local include directories to search. : Set locincpth to "" in a hint file to defeat local include searches. -locincpth="/usr/local/include /opt/local/include /usr/gnu/include" -locincpth="$locincpth /opt/gnu/include /usr/GNU/include /opt/GNU/include" +locincpth="" : : no include file wanted by default inclwanted='' @@ -1328,17 +1319,12 @@ archobjs='' libnames='' : change the next line if compiling for Xenix/286 on Xenix/386 -xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386' +xlibpth='' : Possible local library directories to search. -loclibpth="/usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib /usr/gnu/lib" -loclibpth="$loclibpth /opt/gnu/lib /usr/GNU/lib /opt/GNU/lib" +loclibpth="" : general looking path for locating libraries -glibpth="/lib /usr/lib $xlibpth" -glibpth="$glibpth /usr/ccs/lib /usr/ucblib /usr/local/lib" -test -f /usr/shlib/libc.so && glibpth="/usr/shlib $glibpth" -test -f /shlib/libc.so && glibpth="/shlib $glibpth" -test -d /usr/lib64 && glibpth="$glibpth /lib64 /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib64" +glibpth="" : Private path used by Configure to find libraries. Its value : is prepended to libpth. This variable takes care of special @@ -1371,8 +1357,6 @@ libswanted="$libswanted m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb bsd BSD" : We probably want to search /usr/shlib before most other libraries. : This is only used by the lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm routine extliblist. -glibpth=`echo " $glibpth " | sed -e 's! /usr/shlib ! !'` -glibpth="/usr/shlib $glibpth" : Do not use vfork unless overridden by a hint file. usevfork=false @@ -2380,7 +2364,6 @@ zip " pth=`echo $PATH | sed -e "s/$p_/ /g"` -pth="$pth /lib /usr/lib" for file in $loclist; do eval xxx=\$$file case "$xxx" in @@ -4785,7 +4768,7 @@ : Set private lib path case "$plibpth" in '') if ./mips; then - plibpth="$incpath/usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/ccs/lib" + plibpth="$incpath/usr/lib" fi;; esac case "$libpth" in @@ -8390,13 +8373,8 @@ echo " " case "$sysman" in '') - syspath='/usr/share/man/man1 /usr/man/man1' - syspath="$syspath /usr/man/mann /usr/man/manl /usr/man/local/man1" - syspath="$syspath /usr/man/u_man/man1" - syspath="$syspath /usr/catman/u_man/man1 /usr/man/l_man/man1" - syspath="$syspath /usr/local/man/u_man/man1 /usr/local/man/l_man/man1" - syspath="$syspath /usr/man/man.L /local/man/man1 /usr/local/man/man1" - sysman=`./loc . /usr/man/man1 $syspath` + syspath='' + sysman='' ;; esac if $test -d "$sysman"; then @@ -19721,9 +19699,10 @@ case "$full_ar" in '') full_ar=$ar ;; esac +full_ar=ar : Store the full pathname to the sed program for use in the C program -full_sed=$sed +full_sed=sed : see what type gids are declared as in the kernel echo " " diff -ru -x '*~' perl-5.14.2-orig/ext/Errno/Errno_pm.PL perl-5.14.2/ext/Errno/Errno_pm.PL --- perl-5.14.2-orig/ext/Errno/Errno_pm.PL 2011-09-26 11:44:34.000000000 +0200 +++ perl-5.14.2/ext/Errno/Errno_pm.PL 2012-01-20 17:02:07.938138311 +0100 @@ -137,11 +137,7 @@ if ($dep =~ /(\S+errno\.h)/) { $file{$1} = 1; } - } elsif ($^O eq 'linux' && - $Config{gccversion} ne '' && - $Config{gccversion} !~ /intel/i - # might be using, say, Intel's icc - ) { + } elsif (0) { # Some Linuxes have weird errno.hs which generate # no #file or #line directives my $linux_errno_h = -e '/usr/include/errno.h' ? diff -ru -x '*~' perl-5.14.2-orig/hints/freebsd.sh perl-5.14.2/hints/freebsd.sh --- perl-5.14.2-orig/hints/freebsd.sh 2011-09-19 15:18:22.000000000 +0200 +++ perl-5.14.2/hints/freebsd.sh 2012-01-20 17:10:37.267924044 +0100 @@ -118,21 +118,21 @@ objformat=`/usr/bin/objformat` if [ x$objformat = xaout ]; then if [ -e /usr/lib/aout ]; then - libpth="/usr/lib/aout /usr/local/lib /usr/lib" - glibpth="/usr/lib/aout /usr/local/lib /usr/lib" + libpth="" + glibpth="" fi lddlflags='-Bshareable' else - libpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib" - glibpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib" + libpth="" + glibpth="" ldflags="-Wl,-E " lddlflags="-shared " fi cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC' ;; *) - libpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib" - glibpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib" + libpth="" + glibpth="" ldflags="-Wl,-E " lddlflags="-shared " cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC'