I've had this problem in the past, I think it was something to do with UTF char sets. Try 'echo $LANG' - if it says 'en_US.UTF-8' type 'export LANG=en_US' and start the build again from scratch, I think this will sort it out. Peter
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63]# perl Makefile.PL > What email address or URL should be used in the suspected-spam report > text for users who want more information on your filter installation? > (In particular, ISPs should change this to a local Postmaster contact) > default text: [the administrator of that system] > > Checking if your kit is complete... > Looks good > > Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure, > your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make' > > Writing Makefile for Mail::SpamAssassin > Makefile written by ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.03 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63]# make > Makefile:94: *** missing separator. Stop. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63]# which pod2man > /usr/bin/pod2man > > Here's an excerpt of Makefile from around the location of the error: > > 85 installvendorlib='/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8. > 86 INSTALLVENDORLIB = ib/perl5' > 87 installusrbinperl='def > 88 INSTALLARCHLIB = /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi > 89 INSTALLSITEARCH = /usr/lib > 90 INSTALLVENDORARCH = /usr/lib/perl5/ven > 91 INSTALLBIN = /usr/bin' > 92 installhtml1dir='' > 93 installhtml3dir='' > 94 installman1 > 95 INSTALLSITEBIN = /usr > 96 INSTALLVENDORBIN = /usr/bin' > 97 installvendorhtml1='' > > The Makefile seems all messed up. The single quotes seem unbalanced, > for example... > > Any idea what's going on? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63]# perl -V > Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuration: > Platform: > osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21-1.1931.2.393.entsmp, > archname=i386-linux-thread-multi > uname='linux por' > config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 > -Dmyhostname=localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red > Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux > -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr > -Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads > -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db > -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio > -Dinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly > -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr' > hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define > usethreads=define use5005threads=undef' > useithreads=define usemultiplicity= > useperlio= d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef > use64bitint=undef use64bitall=un uselongdouble= > usemymalloc=, bincompat5005=undef > Compiler: > cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS > -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include > -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm', > optimize='', > cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING > -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm' > ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-19)', > gccosandvers='' > gccversion='3.2.3 200305' > intsize=o, longsize=s, ptrsize=l, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 > d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 > ivtype='long' > k', ivsize=4' > ivtype, nvtype='double' > o_no', nvsize=, Off_t='', lseeksize=8 > alignbytes=4, prototype=define > Linker and Libraries: > ld='gcc' > l', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib' > ldflags_use' > libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib > libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lutil > perllibs= > libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libper > gnulibc_version='2.3.2' > Dynamic Linking: > dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so', d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic > -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE' > cccdlflags='-fPIC' > ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5', lddlflags='s > Unicode/Normalize XS/A' > > > Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): > Compile-time options: DEBUGGING MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS > USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT > Locally applied patches: > MAINT18379 > Built under linux > Compiled at Sep 15 2003 10:03:52 > @INC: > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 > . > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. 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