h2ph broken in 5.004_02

> The h2ph in perl5.00402 generates perl code that the interpeter
> chokes on.  For example, running h2ph on /usr/include/sys/errno.h
> (under openbsd) transforms this:
> 
>  #define EPERM           1               /* Operation not permitted */
> 
> into this:
> 
>  unless(defined(&EPERM) {
>  sub EPERM () {1;}
>  }
> 
> which in turn causes this:
> 
>  syntax error at - line 2, near "sub EPERM ()"
> 
> I'm not exactly sure why h2ph is worried about avoiding redefinition . . .

    It's not a redefinition problem; errno.ph is missing a right paren.  Here
is a patch, tested against 5.004_02:

Credited: David Mazieres <dm@reeducation-labor.lcs.mit.edu>

p5p-msgid: 199708201700.KAA02621@www.chapin.edu

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