> sjha> Now while installing egd-0.8 on solaris-8,
> sjha> # perl Makefile.PL
> sjha> SHA module not found. We will install our own.
> sjha> Writing Makefile for SHA
> sjha> Warning: overwriting endian.h
> sjha> Writing Makefile for egd
> sjha> # make
> sjha> cc -c -O -DVERSION=\"1.2\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.2\" -KPIC
> sjha> -I/usr/perl5/5.0050
> sjha> 3/i86pc-solaris/CORE SHA.c
> sjha> /usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Duh.
Solaris 8 ships with a perl that was compiled with Sun cc.
Thus to install modules/etc that require compilation, you
must use Sun cc. Even if you install gcc, you cannot compile
code that will link correctly with sun's supplied perl.
Answer: Buy sun's cc, or recompile perl with gcc.
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