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From: s902113@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Luke Mewburn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Installing perl-4.035 in 386BSD
Message-ID: <s902113.719658811@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
Date: 21 Oct 92 09:13:31 GMT
References: <IKEDA.92Oct19202131@phenix.ntec.co.jp> <BwEwyp.DF1@ibmpcug.co.uk>
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adrian@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk (Adrian Hall) writes:

>In article <IKEDA.92Oct19202131@phenix.ntec.co.jp> ikeda@ntec.co.jp (shigeru IKEDA) writes:
>>CAUTION: YOU MUST NOT MAIL ME. PLEASE FOLLOW UP.
>>
>>Has anyone succeeded in installing perl-4.035 on 386BSD
>>with machine which has memory only 4M?
>>
>>I tried, but while compiling eval.c, my 386BSD hung.

>To compile perl you need a lot of memory. Try adding loads of swap space.

>I managed to get perl to compile, but not tperl - which required even
>more memory (I did have 48Meg configured at the time).


Well, I found that if I turned of optimisation for tperl.c ONLY, it
works. (And, of course, who cares if one minor part isn't optimised
if tperl actually works?? :)


>Adrian