Solaris 10 gcc 3.4.6 perl compile error HELP!

[mancat]

I am tring to compile Perl 5.8.8 on a Solaris 10 box with gcc 3.4.6
and am getting this error. I am at a total loss, So if someone could
point me to a resource or in the right direction that would be
GREAT!!!!!

thanks
-mancat



Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency...
I've tried to compile and run the following simple program:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() { printf("Ok\n"); return(0); }

I used the command:

gcc -o try -O -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-
statement -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib try.c -lsocket -lnsl -
lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
./try

and I got the following output:

ld: fatal: library -ldb: not found
ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to try
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
I can't compile the test program.
(The supplied flags or libraries might be incorrect.)

 

[Ben Morrow]

I am tring to compile Perl 5.8.8 on a Solaris 10 box with gcc 3.4.6
and am getting this error. I am at a total loss, So if someone could
point me to a resource or in the right direction that would be
GREAT!!!!!

thanks
-mancat



Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency...
I've tried to compile and run the following simple program:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() { printf("Ok\n"); return(0); }

I used the command:

gcc -o try -O -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-
statement -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib try.c -lsocket -lnsl -
lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
./try

and I got the following output:

ld: fatal: library -ldb: not found
ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to try
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
I can't compile the test program.
(The supplied flags or libraries might be incorrect.)

How did you run Configure? What is the whole output of Configure? Do you
have a -ldb?

Ben

 

[jrpfinch]

I _think_ that in Solaris 10, there is no /usr/lib/libldb.so file;
only libldb.so.x files. I _think_ if you create a link from /usr/lib/
libldb.so to one of your libldb.so.x files, then the compile will
work.

Try googling for this, I'm sure I've seen a similar problem before but
have yet to have any luck finding a reference.

Jon

 

[jrpfinch]

Try:

ln -s /usr/lib/libdb.so.1 /usr/lib/libdb.so

Then recompile.

Let me know if that works - if so, it's the first time I've answered
rather than asked a question on this group and I will have a warm glow
in my heart.

 

[mancat]

Try:

ln -s /usr/lib/libdb.so.1 /usr/lib/libdb.so

Then recompile.

Let me know if that works - if so, it's the first time I've answered
rather than asked a question on this group and I will have a warm glow
in my heart.

This worked thanks
-mancat