pidgin 2.6.1 build error (make perl)

[Paul Aurich]

And Bill spoke on 08/19/2009 11:06 AM, saying:
> 
> I'm getting this build error whether I build error, regardless of the
> "--disable-perl" build option:
> 
> Making all in perl
> make[5]: Entering directory `/home/software/pidgin-2.6.1/libpurple/plugins/perl'
> if /bin/sh ../../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../..  -I../../.. -I../../../libpurple -I../../../libpurple -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib/purple-2\" -Wall  -DPURPLE_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DPIDGIN_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DFINCH_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGNT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -Waggregate-return -Wcast-align -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wextra -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -Wformat-security -Winit-self -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include    -DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm  -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i386-linux/CORE    -g -g -O2 -MT perl.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/perl.Tpo" -c -o perl.lo perl.c; \
> then mv -f ".deps/perl.Tpo" ".deps/perl.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/perl.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> if /bin/sh ../../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../..  -I../../.. -I../../../libpurple -I../../../libpurple -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib/purple-2\" -Wall  -DPURPLE_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DPIDGIN_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DFINCH_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGNT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -Waggregate-return -Wcast-align -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wextra -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -Wformat-security -Winit-self -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include    -DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm  -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i386-linux/CORE    -g -g -O2 -MT perl-common.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/perl-common.Tpo" -c -o perl-common.lo perl-common.c; \
> then mv -f ".deps/perl-common.Tpo" ".deps/perl-common.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/perl-common.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> 
> In file included from perl-common.h:18,
>                  from perl-common.c:4:
> ../../../libpurple/internal.h:234:5: warning: "SIZEOF_TIME_T" is not defined
> ../../../libpurple/internal.h:236:7: warning: "SIZEOF_TIME_T" is not defined
> ../../../libpurple/internal.h:239:2: error: #error Unknown size of time_t
> make[5]: *** [perl-common.lo] Error 1
> 
> 
> I have perl 5.8.7 installed.
> 
> Anyone experiencing similar?
> 
> Bill Pier

What OS are you running this build on?  I saw similar issues on OS X, but
it doesn't look like you're using OS X.

~Paul