Hi everybody, I am trying to become a programmer :-) and need help in figuring out what the following means: when compiling gettext-1.01.tar.gz (Locale::gettext) #perl Makefile.PL Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lintl Writing Makefile for Locale::gettext #make Makefile [cut...] /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/ExtUtils/typemap gettext.xs > gettext.xsc && mv gettext.xsc gettext.c Please specify prototyping behavior for gettext.xs (see perlxs manual) cc -c -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -s -march=pentium -ffast-math -fexpensive-optimizations -DVERSION=\"1.01\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.01\" -fpic -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/CORE gettext.c gettext.c: In function `XS_Locale__gettext_gettext': gettext.c:65: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast gettext.c: In function `XS_Locale__gettext_dcgettext': gettext.c:83: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast gettext.c: In function `XS_Locale__gettext_dgettext': gettext.c:100: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast gettext.c: In function `XS_Locale__gettext_textdomain': gettext.c:116: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast gettext.c: In function `XS_Locale__gettext_bindtextdomain': gettext.c:133: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast Running Mkbootstrap for Locale::gettext () chmod 644 gettext.bs LD_RUN_PATH="" cc -o blib/arch/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so -shared -L/usr/local/lib gettext.o chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so cp gettext.bs blib/arch/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.bs chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.bs Manifying blib/man3/Locale::gettext.3 Is this normal? Thanks. Benedict --