p5-b-c @1.54: broken on Snow Leopard: previous declaration of ‘I64’ was here

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

"/opt/local/bin/perl5.24" "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" script/perlcc.PL script/perlcc
Extracting perlcc (with variable substitutions)
cp script/perlcc blib/script/perlcc
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.24" -MExtUtils::MY -e 'MY->fixin(shift)' -- blib/script/perlcc
/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -c   -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -mmacosx-version-min=10.6 -pipe -Os  -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector -I/opt/local/include -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -arch x86_64 -O3   -DVERSION=\"0.11\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.11\"  "-I/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.24/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE"   ByteLoader.c
In file included from ByteLoader.xs:13:
byterun.h:40: error: redefinition of typedef ‘I64’
/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.24/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE/handy.h:178: error: previous declaration of ‘I64’ was here
byterun.h:41: error: redefinition of typedef ‘U64’
/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.24/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE/handy.h:179: error: previous declaration of ‘U64’ was here
In file included from byterun.c:34:
byterun.h:40: error: redefinition of typedef ‘I64’
/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.24/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE/handy.h:178: error: previous declaration of ‘I64’ was here
byterun.h:41: error: redefinition of typedef ‘U64’
/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.24/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE/handy.h:179: error: previous declaration of ‘U64’ was here
make[1]: *** [ByteLoader.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Full log is ​here.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Looks like there are a number of upstream issues with 5.24. Stated policy of the upstream developer is

The newest perl releases usually don't work immediately. I typically need 6 months to catch up.

Indeed, several fixes for perl 5.24 have recently been posted upstream, although not for this issue. They say that for now this module works best with 5.22 and they are targeting release 1.55 for fixes for perl5.24.

I suggest we wait for that release. In the meantime, 10.6 users should use perl5.22 if they want to use this module and others shouldn't be surprised if they see bugs using perl5.24.

[rurban (Reini Urban)]

Hi, I'm the upstream maintainer. ByteLoader was broken by perl5 upstream with 5.22, only fixed with cperl.

However 1.55 should work with 5.24. We use 5.24 in production, it is the recommended release besided 5.14 or cperl, which are the best.