Problem trying to install perl from source.

[Brett Simpson]

I am trying to install 64 bit Perl 5.8.5 on a HP-UX superdome hard partition running HPUX 11.11. I used the Perl 5.8.5 file stable.tar.gz from www.cpan.org.

I get the following error message:

cc: "/usr/include/sys/socket.h", line 504: warning 562: Redeclaration of "sendfile" with a different storage class specifier: "sendfile" will have internal linkage.
cc: "/usr/include/sys/socket.h", line 505: warning 562: Redeclaration of "sendpath" with a different storage class specifier: "sendpath" will have internal linkage.
rm -f opmini.c
cc +DD64 -L/usr/local/lib -L/lib/pa20_64 -o miniperl \
miniperlmain.o opmini.o libperl.a -lcl -lpthread -lnsl -lnm -ldl -ldld -lm -lsec -lc
ld: Mismatched ABI (not an ELF file) for miniperlmain.o
Fatal error.
*** Error exit code 1

Stop.

[Sundar_7]

Are u particular about the 5.8.5 version of the perl ?

You can download Perl version 5.0005_02 SD-depot from software.hp.com.

http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPUXIEXP1111

[harry d brown jr]

Or get 5.8.3 from http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Languages/perl-5.8.3/

or check here: http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/#Perl

live free or die
harry

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Brett,

Why fight it?
Just download the binary from Merijn's website:

http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/#Perl

I've never had trouble with his builds at all. Always top-notch.

HTH,
Jeff

[Brett Simpson]

I'm not particular to 5.8.5 at all. I've built 5.8.3 on other servers with no problem, but I'm concerned about the whether the libraries are correct. I'm thinking that I may have 32-bit libraries in my /lib/pa20_64 directory. Is there a way to verify this?

[Dave Olker]

Hi Brett,

I downloaded the same tar file and was able to compile it without any problems. I did get dozens of warnings about "sendfile" and "sendpath" but the compile completed fine.

My cc options are very different on my system. Here's an example:

cc -c -Ae -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,+vnocompatwarnings -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS
=64 +O2 +Onolimit


All I did was follow the instructions in the INSTALL file:

rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
sh Configure -de
make

Did you do these steps on your system as well? I believe it is the "Configure" step that sets up the cc options.

Regards,

Dave

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi (again) Brett,

Just run the file command against the lib file.
If it *doesn't* come back ELF-64 then it's *not* 64-bit.

Well....archive (????.a) files will not come back that way, but all object files will.

HTH,
Jeff

[Brett Simpson]

I did that and it is definitely a 64-bit file.

[Sundar_7]

If you are not concerned about the version of the perl, then I would recommend installing the Perl depot from HP site. This way you can manage it using the SD-UX commands.

[Brett Simpson]

I can't use HP's version because it doesn't seem to be able to handle other modules like DBI and DBD::Oracle.

[Jeff Schussele]

That's because HP doesn't put out 64-bit Perl - only 32.
If you go to Merijn's website he *already* has 64-bit Perl compiled with the DBI & DBD CPAN modules.
Save yourself some time - check it out.

My 2 cents,
Jeff

[Brett Simpson]

Jeff,
Actually, HP does have a 64-bit perl with the newer 11i O/S distributions, but it didn't work either! I will check out that site.

Thanks All