On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 12:50:44 +0200, Oliver Dörr <oli...@doerr-privat.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > i just tried to install DBD::Oracle 1.80 on RHEL 8 and the make > command failes. > gcc -lpthread -shared -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now > -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -L/usr/local/lib > -fstack-protector-strong Oracle.o dbdimp.o oci8.o -o > blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so \ > -L/db/main/oraclient193/lib -lclntsh -ldl -lm -lpthread -lnsl > -lirc -limf -lirc -lrt -laio -lresolv -lsvml -lperl \ > > */usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lnsl* > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > make: *** [Makefile:524: blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so] Error 1 > > A little research and comparing to RHEL 7 shows the problem. > *RHEL7:* > ll /usr/lib64/libnsl* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 115816 Jan 22 06:19 /usr/lib64/libnsl-2.17.so > *lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 May 5 06:05 /usr/lib64/libnsl.so -> > ../../lib64/libnsl.so.1* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 May 5 06:00 /usr/lib64/libnsl.so.1 -> > libnsl-2.17.so > > RHEL8: > ll /usr/lib64/libnsl* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 163520 Jan 16 21:40 /usr/lib64/libnsl-2.28.so > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 16 21:29 /usr/lib64/libnsl.so.1 -> > libnsl-2.28.so > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Aug 12 2018 /usr/lib64/libnsl.so.2 -> > libnsl.so.2.0.0 > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 116408 Aug 12 2018 /usr/lib64/libnsl.so.2.0.0 > > > So the softlink is */usr/lib64/libnsl.so* missing in RHEl8. > Everything compiles if I add the softlink, but I'm not sure if this > is a good idea. Should that not be fixed inside the Makefile.PL or so? You most likely forgot to install the libnsl2-devel package $ rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libnsl.so libnsl2-devel-1.2.0-2.20180605git4a062cf.el8.x86_64 $ sudo dnf install -y libnsl2-devel > Any hints are welcome > > Regards > Oliver -- H.Merijn Brand http://tux.nl Perl Monger http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using perl5.00307 .. 5.31 porting perl5 on HP-UX, AIX, and Linux https://useplaintext.email https://tux.nl http://www.test-smoke.org http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/