Re: [gentoo-user] emerge dev-lang/perl-5.12.3 failed

["Arttu V." <arttuv69@gmail.com>]

On 3/15/11, Kraus Philipp <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've try to emerge my world target new, but the dev-lang/perl-5.12.3
> failes. I've found on the gentoo pages the hint to sync the portage
> tree again, but that does not solve the problem.
>
> The messages during emerge are:
>
> IO.xs: In function 'XS_IO__File_new_tmpfile':
> IO.xs:229: warning: value computed is not used
> IO.xs: In function 'XS_IO__Poll__poll':
> IO.xs:249: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type
> 'struct pollfd'
> IO.xs:253: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct pollfd'
> IO.xs:253: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> IO.xs:255: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct pollfd'
> IO.xs:255: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> IO.xs:257: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct pollfd'
> IO.xs:257: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> IO.xs:259: warning: implicit declaration of function 'poll'
> IO.xs:261: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct pollfd'
> IO.xs:261: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> IO.xs:262: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct pollfd'
> IO.xs:262: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> make[1]: *** [IO.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/perl-5.12.3/work/
> perl-5.12.3/dist/IO'
> Unsuccessful make(dist/IO): code=512 at make_ext.pl line 449.
> make: *** [lib/auto/IO/IO.so] Error 25
>
> I've try to mask the 5.12.3 package to a previous version, but the
> same problemes are shown. Now I've have a "hanging" portage. Perl is
> needed for my eg. LDAP... Does anyone have any idea to solve the error?

Maybe the following is helpful:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-430269.html

-- 
Arttu V.