Re: DBI compilation errors

I Installed a later version of gcc, and then compiled Perl 5.8.8 from
source. DBI then compiled and installed flawlessly. Thank you for your help!
:)

On 5/10/07, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:53:39PM +1000, Shane Neubauer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While trying to compile DBI-1.55 and getting the following results
> I am on Solaris 9 (SPARC) and I have tried using gcc 3.4.6 and also
3.3.2

> # perl Makefile.PL
>
>
**************************************************************************
> Perl versions below 5.6.1 are no longer supported by the DBI.
> Perl versions 5.6.x may fail during installation with a complaint
> about the use of =head3 in the pod documentation.
>
**************************************************************************

Perl 5.6.1 is very old.

> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Looks good
> Warning: prerequisite Scalar::Util failed to load: Can't locate
Scalar/Util.pm
> Warning: prerequisite Storable failed to load: Can't locate Storable.pm
> Warning: prerequisite Test::Simple failed to load: Can't locate
Test/Simple.pm
> in @INC (@INC contains: lib
> /usr/perl5/5.6.1/lib/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/5.6.1/lib
> /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
> /usr/perl5/site_perl /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1/sun4-solaris-64int
> /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1 /usr/perl5/vendor_perl .) at (eval 11) line
3.

Odd. And not a good start.

> cc -c -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -xO3 -xdepend
> -DVERSION=\"1.55\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.55\" -KPIC
> -I/usr/perl5/5.6.1/lib/sun4-solaris-64int/CORE -DDBI_NO_THREADS Perl.c
> cc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'
> cc: language depend not recognized

It's important to use the same compiler that was used to build the perl
executable.

> # perl -v
> This is perl, v5.6.1 built for sun4-solaris-64int
> (with 48 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
> Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall
>
> # gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 3.3.2
> Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Using a four year old compiler and a six year old perl isn't a good
place to start from.

I suggest you download the latest perl 5.8.x, configure, build and
install it yourself into your own location, separate from the existing
perl.

(Might be wise to fetch, build, and install gcc 4.x first.)

Modify your PATH to find that new perl ahead of the existing one.

Then use "perl -MCPAN -e install DBI" to fetch, build and install the
DBI and any prerequisites.

Tim.

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