Installing DB1-1.32 module

[Phil Storer]

Any idea what's happening here. See attachment

[Rajeev Shukla]

Hi,
Could be a compiler issue, i once got those error while compiling PHP.
What version of gcc are you using, try using a different version. 2.95.2 or 3.2.3 these 2 version i have seen in my environment works good.

good luck
Rajeev

[Phil Storer]

Thanks Rajeev, I'll check what version of gcc I'm using and upgrade if necessary and then try again

[Garry Ferguson]

Phil,
Not sure but I know you need to use the same compiler that was used to build perl!
The dbi-users list is
useful. Just e-mail a blank message to
dbi-users-subscribe@perl.org .

I attach my recent efforts in this area.

Regards,
Garry

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Sorry for the late dropin, but this is an easy one :)

You are using a gcc compiled for 11.00 on a 11i (11.11) machine. Fetch yourself a compiler built for 11i or recompile gcc from scratch yourself. The solution to do so is somewhere in the forum.

My port of perl-5.8.1 including the most recent DBI can be found on http://www.cmve.net/~merijn, https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/, or http://www.hpux.ws/merijn/ where you can also find the gcc-3.3.1 I used to build it including the most recent binutils.

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[Paddy_1]

I think procura was mentioning about this thread (related to yours) :

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/parseCurl.do?CURL=%2Fcm%2FQuestionAnswer%2F1%2C%2C0xbdd191ccb36bd611abdb0090277a778c%2C00.html&admit=716493758+1066405758507+28353475

[Phil Storer]

Still having problems with 'make'. See attachment for details.
ALso thanks to everyone for all the help so far - much appreciated

[Garry Ferguson]

What have you done so far?
Have you built yourself a new perl?
Are you then using the same compiler to
build DBD and DBD?
Have you read what people have sent you?

Garry

[Phil Storer]

Garry,
I have read what people have sent me and followed the advice. I have downloaded and installed the latest version of the perl binary from 'Merijns HP-UX software for ITRC members' which is:-

Perl 5.8.1 prepared for Oracle + DBI 1.38 - built with gcc-3.3.1

I have also downloaded and installed the gcc-3.3.1 compiler.

So I'm able to build the Makefile by running the command perl Makefile.PL but the problem occurs when running the command 'make'. Once again see attachment for details.

[Phil Storer]

Forgot to attach the output. As an update I have managed to get to the 'make' stage but falls over when I try a make perl as suggested by Garry's document.
Looks like an object file missing.. Help!!!

[Garry Ferguson]

Phil,
The exact error you are getting doesn't mean
much to me I'm afraid.
I know that I went thru a similar process
of trying to use pre-built perls.
I just gave up in the end and built the whole
lot from scratch using the HP ANSI-C compiler
B.11.11.04 ( it's latest version is .08 )
I've no experience of using gcc to do this.
I seem to remember gcc having a section in one of the many READMEs in DBD-Oracle.
Cheers,
Garry

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

No guarantee that it helps, but try not using DBD-Oracle-1.12, but 1.4 (available from ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/modules/by-module/DBD/DBD-Oracle-1.14.tar.gz)

We've gone through major work to improve HP-UX support int the later versions.

It's been only last week that Tim, me and some others tested the upcomming 1.15 and that built plain out of the box (after some patches, that's why we are here) for a gcc built perl (using exactly the one you are using from my site). I have no idea about Tim's plans in releasing 1.15, but it will not be months.

I know there are still some minor (gcc related) problems in 1.14, but I am sure using gcc on HP-UX with 1.12 requires multiple headaches

HTH Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[Phil Storer]

Well I've finally decided to change tack as I'm still having issues.
What I've done is get hold of the Perl source code v5.6.1 and compile it with a 'C' compiler - gave up on gcc. I then succesfully installed the DBI-1-38 module but when trying to install the DBD-ORACLE-1.14 module I get an error that I'm not sure how to resolve - Any ideas?

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Yes, solved in the upcoming 1.15

Edit Makefile.PL, search for hpux_libdir and change it to main::hpux_libdir

Don't forget the forum etiquette: assign points to *all* above answers. 0 for no help, and 10 for *the solution*

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[Phil Storer]

Thanks Procura that certainly got me past the 'make' stage. However when I run a make test I get the following error - see attachment. Any thoughts?

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Many :)

Do you *have* /lib/libpthread.1 ?

If not, that's the cause. If you do, it might be the way you compiled Perl. What's

# perl -V | grep libs

telling you? does it include '-lcl -lpthread' ? If not, you will never get this combo to work with Oracle. That one of the reasons why I asked you to go for my 5.8.1 port, because it's built with these options. (See README.hpux)
However, the way README.hpux describes the solution does not work in 5.6.1 (it will in 5.6.2), so you will have to do more work to get those libs in front of the required lib list.

If you however do not have /lib/libpthread.1, (which should be linked to libpthread.sl), but you *do* have libpthread.2 (then you are probably on 11.11), just try to symlink libpthread.2 to libpthread.1 and see how that goes

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[Garry Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Phil,
Sorry to keep harking on about it BUT ...
If you are now building your own perl with
an HP C compiler you are doing pretty well what I did. You need to follow my instructions exactly! I spent AGES getting them right.
If you are and it still doesn't work - "oh well"!!
I rememmber getting your testing
errors before I'd sorted things.
Garry

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Coosing HP C-ANSI-C is a good step anyway. perl's build with this C are up to 25% faster than gcc build perls

just FYI

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[Phil Storer]

Success at last!! Thanks to everone who helped especially Garry and Procura.
I eventually downloaded the perl source for 5.8.0 and followed Gary's instructions very closely this time.
All went well until I tried doing the install for the DBD-Oracle module where an error was displayed following the

'make test FULLPERL=./perl' command

See attachment for details. Basically I edited the ph_type file in the 't' directory. From there on all went smoothly.

Now I can enjoy the weekend in peace...