Great, thanks. Applied.
Tim.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 01:04:31PM +0100, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> On Tue 18 Mar 2003 12:00, Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is that against DBD::Oracle 1.13? I got 5 out of 6 hunk failures from the patch.
>
> Yes. I guess
>
> l1:/pro/3gl/CPAN/DBD-Oracle-1.13 106 > ll README.hp*
> 7744 -rw-rw-rw- 1 merijn softwr 47207 Mar 18 13:02 README.hpux
> 13006 -r--r--r-- 1 merijn softwr 45890 Aug 3 2002 README.hpux.org
> l1:/pro/3gl/CPAN/DBD-Oracle-1.13 107 > diff -u README.hpux{.org,} > /tmp/xx.diff
> Exit 1
> l1:/pro/3gl/CPAN/DBD-Oracle-1.13 108 >
>
> Now attached and inlined
>
> > Tim.
> >
> > p.s. Feel free to add the links to https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/
> > and http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/ into the patch.
>
> Good spot?
>
> --- README.hpux.org 2002-08-03 22:03:47.000000000 +0200
> +++ README.hpux 2003-03-18 13:02:35.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
> =head1 INTRODUCTION
>
> Building a working dynamically linked version of the Oracle DBD driver
> -on HP-UX (11.00) has been a challenge for many. For months after taking a
> -new job, where HP-UX was the standard database server environment, I had only been
> -able to build a statically linked version of perl and the DBD-Oracle
> -module on HP-UX 11.00.
> +on HP-UX (11.00) has been a challenge for many. For months after taking
> +a new job, where HP-UX was the standard database server environment, I
> +had only been able to build a statically linked version of perl and the
> +DBD-Oracle module on HP-UX 11.00.
>
> Then Roger Foskett posted instructions for what turned out to be dynamic
> build. Rogers's post got me farther than I had previously gotten. In fact,
> @@ -39,17 +39,25 @@
>
> HP's default perl is no good (and antique).
>
> -By default, HP-UX 11.00 delivers perl 5.00503. Others tell me that
> -the default is a threaded GNUpro build of 5.6.1. This is not what I
> -found our systems, and it probably depends on which packages you
> -install. In any case, this version of perl delivered by HP will
> -in all likelihood not work.
> -
> -If you are reading this, you
> -have probably discovered that something did not work. To get good
> -version of the DBD-Oracle driver, we have to start with a perl that as
> -been built with the correct compiler flags and shared libraries. This
> -means that you must build your own version of perl from
> +By default, HP-UX 11.00 delivers perl 5.00503 until September 2001.
> +Others tell me that the default is a threaded GNUpro build of 5.6.1.
> +This is not what I found our systems, and it probably depends on which
> +packages you install. In any case, this version of perl delivered by
> +HP will in all likelihood not work. Before you check, be sure to prevent
> +perl4 from /usr/contrib/bin to be the first perl version found in your $PATH.
> +
> +As of application release September 2001, HP-UX 11.00 is shipped with
> +perl-5.6.1 in /opt/perl. The first occurrence is on CD 5012-7954. The
> +build is a portable hppa-1.1 multithread build that supports large files
> +compiled with gcc-2.9-hppa-991112. When you have a modern system with a
> +hppa-2.0 architecture (PA8xxx processor) and/or the HP C-ANSI-C compiler
> +consider building your own perl, which will for sure outperform this
> +version.
> +
> +If you are reading this, you have probably discovered that something did
> +not work. To get good version of the DBD-Oracle driver, we have to start
> +with a perl that as been built with the correct compiler flags and shared
> +libraries. This means that you must build your own version of perl from
> sources.
>
> See L<Appendix A> for a copy of a makefile used by me to biuld
> @@ -94,6 +102,10 @@
> cleanly using the HP softbench compiler, and Oracle 8.0.5 (32bit), and
> Oracle 8.1.6, 8.1.7 (64 bit). Oracle 8.1.5 will probably work as well.
>
> +Oracle 8.1.7.4 (32bit) with DBI-1.35 and DBD-Oracle-1.13 has been proven
> +to work on HP-UX 11.00 (64bit) with perl5.6.1, perl5.8.0, and perl5.9.0,
> +using the guidelines in this document for both HP-C-ANSI-C and gcc-3.2.
> +
> =head2 gcc Compiler
>
> For along time many folks have asked, how they could build a DBD-Oracle
> @@ -156,8 +168,8 @@
> For example:
> What libraries to use? [-lnsl -lnm -lndbm -lmalloc -ldld -lm -lc -lndir -lcrypt
> -lsec] -lcl -lpthread -lnsl -lnm -lndbm -lmalloc -ldld -lm -lc -lndir -lcrypt -lsec
>
> -H.Merijn Brand notes that the above can be accomplished by adding the following to
> -the ./Configure command line:
> +H.Merijn Brand notes that the above can be accomplished by adding the
> +following to the ./Configure command line:
>
> -A prepend:libswanted='cl pthread '
>
> @@ -221,7 +233,7 @@
> =head1 Build and Install DBI
>
>
> - cd DBI-1.18/
> + cd DBI-1.35/
> perl Makefile.PL
> make
> make test
> @@ -928,9 +940,19 @@
>
> =head1 Appendix D (Miscellaneous links which might be usefull)
>
> +=head2 https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/ or http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/
> +
> +H.Merijn Brand has placed reasonable recent perl binary distributions
> +here that already include the DBI that was current when the build was
> +created. These builds are created using the most recent version of gcc
> +available at that time. The gcc used to create the build, including the
> +matching binutils and gdb are available from the same page. These perl
> +binaries are I<Oracle prepared>, meaning that the libraries that Oracle
> +requires are linked in.
> +
> Thanks to Tony Foiani for these references:
>
> -=head2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=perl-dbi&m=96040350416305&w=2
> +=head2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=perl-dbi&m=96040350416305&w=2
>
> This link discusses older version of the DBI/DBD interface, so most of
> the code examples are probably no longer relevant. This was written
> @@ -1088,7 +1110,7 @@
>
>
> Roger also provides a link to some threads containing some of his
> -DBD-Oracle and HP-UX11 trials...
> +DBD-Oracle and HP-UX 11 trials...
> L<http://www.geocrawler.com/search/?config=183&words=Roger+Foskett>
>
>
>
> --
> H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/)
> using perl-5.6.1, 5.8.0 & 632 on HP-UX 10.20 & 11.00, AIX 4.2, AIX 4.3,
> WinNT 4, Win2K pro & WinCE 2.11 often with Tk800.024 &/| DBD-Unify
> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/H/HM/HMBRAND/
