Digest-MD5 Problems.

Help!!

I'm trying to install the Digest-MD5-2.09 module on my Irix 6.4 box and I'm
having problems compiling the Makefile.PL.
When executing perl Makefile.PL I get the following:

"u32align.c": Error: Invalid format revision (WHIRL::0.28 for intermediate
compiler file (/tmp/ctmB.BAAa001k4)
Can't compile test program
Processing hints file hints/irix_6.pl
Writing Makefile for Digest::MD2
Writing Makefile for Digest::SHA1
Writing Makefile for Digest::MD5

I thought I might be able to ignore it and proceed with make but that just
throws up lots more errors, so obviously this is a problem; a problem well
outside my range of knowledge.
Ideas anyone?

TIA
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Nick Gushlow
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Email: nickg(@)dynamicweb.co.uk
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Maybe you were trying to install Apache-ASP-0.18.tar.gz and it requires Digest-MD5-2.09.tar.gz.

It installed fine on my FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE. Just checked out the Makefile.PL, it says the following:
sub free_u32_alignment
{
$|=1;
print "Testing alignment requirements for U32... ";
return 1 if $^O eq 'VMS';

open(ALIGN_TEST, ">u32align.c") or die "$!";
print ALIGN_TEST <<'EOT'; close(ALIGN_TEST);
/*--------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* This program allocates a buffer of U8 (char) and then tries */
/* to access it through a U32 pointer at every offset. The */
/* program is expected to die with a bus error/seg fault for */
/* machines that do not support unaligned integer read/write */
/*--------------------------------------------------------------*/

I also found a file called "irix_6.pl" in "hints" directory. It should be the work-around to fix the bug of Irix. You might need to run such script in advance or whatever, I don't know. You can try to email the author.

If "machines that do not support unaligned integer read/write" is really the case for you, too bad.


[This message has been edited by freebsd (edited August 13, 2000).]