Trying to build vSphere Perl SDK on Centos 2.6. Got all dependencies except one, namely UUID-0.05.
The problem seems to be that the uuid.h include file references unistd.h for the definition of uuid_t, but unistd.h has no such thing. Worse, though some people have described a conflict between the two include files for the variable, I cannot find a unistd.h file on the Internet with the definition.
Can someone point to such a unistd.h file? Or, even, a better approach to take?
Here's some info about the original issue:
In Changelog for uuid.1.6.2:
o Apply workaround to uuid.h to avoid conflicts with vendor UUID implementations where uuid_t (Darwin/MacOSX) or uuid_create/uuid_compare (POSIX) might exist. [Ralf S. Engelschall]
In uuid.h:
/* workaround conflicts with system headers */
#define uuid_t __vendor_uuid_t
#define uuid_create __vendor_uuid_create
#define uuid_compare __vendor_uuid_compare
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#undef uuid_t
#undef uuid_create
#undef uuid_compare
Here's the original problem (compiling):
jloiacon@flowviewerprime /home/jloiacon/UUID-0.05 249 >make
cp UUID.pm blib/lib/UUID.pm
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl5/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /usr/share/perl5/ExtUtils/typemap UUID.xs > UUID.xsc && mv UUID.xsc UUID.c
gcc -c -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -DVERSION=\"0.05\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.05\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE" UUID.c
UUID.xs: In function âdo_generateâ:
UUID.xs:13: error: storage size of âuuidâ isnât known
UUID.xs:14: warning: implicit declaration of function âuuid_generateâ
UUID.xs:13: warning: unused variable âuuidâ
UUID.xs: In function âdo_unparseâ:
UUID.xs:20: error: storage size of âuuidâ isnât known
UUID.xs:23: warning: implicit declaration of function âuuid_unparseâ
UUID.xs:20: warning: unused variable âuuidâ
UUID.xs: In function âdo_parseâ:
UUID.xs:29: error: storage size of âuuidâ isnât known
UUID.xs:33: warning: implicit declaration of function âuuid_parseâ
UUID.xs:30: warning: unused variable âstrâ
UUID.xs:29: warning: unused variable âuuidâ
make: *** [UUID.o] Error 1
Thanks