Perl isn't compiling and other random questions

I'm getting errors building perl from the SVN head.  Should I just  
move the offending line from fork() to vfork() and be done with it or  
is this something bigger?  My goal is to use perl for some simple CGI  
web pages from boa.  Would python be a better option?  (However, I  
have no experience with python.)  I'm not sure if miniperl has  
everything I need until I try it.

mark@linux-hez9:~/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc> make user/perl_only
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mark/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc/user'
touch perl/.sgbuilt_user && make -C perl -j1
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/mark/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc/user/perl'
bfin-linux-uclibc-gcc -mcpu=bf548-0.2 -o miniperl \
	    miniperlmain.o opmini.o libperl.a -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
libperl.a(util.o): In function `Perl_my_fork':
/home/mark/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc/user/perl/util.c:2360: undefined  
reference to `_fork'
/home/mark/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc/user/perl/util.c:2360: undefined  
reference to `_fork'
/home/mark/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc/user/perl/util.c:2360: undefined  
reference to `_fork'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [miniperl] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mark/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc/user/perl'
make[1]: *** [perl_only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mark/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc/user'
make: *** [user/perl_only] Error 2
mark@linux-hez9:~/new_image/uclinux-dist-ipc>

Offending code in util.c:

Pid_t
Perl_my_fork(void)
{
#if defined(HAS_FORK)
     Pid_t pid;
#if (defined(USE_5005THREADS) || defined(USE_ITHREADS)) &&  
!defined(HAS_PTHREAD_ATFORK)
     atfork_lock();
     pid = fork();
     atfork_unlock();
#else
     /* atfork_lock() and atfork_unlock() are installed as pthread_atfork()
      * handlers elsewhere in the code */
     pid = fork();                            <<<------   HERE
#endif
     return pid;
#else
     /* this "canna happen" since nothing should be calling here if  
!HAS_FORK */
     Perl_croak_nocontext("fork() not available");
     return 0;
#endif /* HAS_FORK */
}
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