Thomas, any chance you could update the README.help file about Irix
and send me a diff -c that I can patch into my copy for the next release?
Tim.
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 08:01:23AM -0700, Thomas A. La Porte wrote:
> You have two options, based on whether you want to build (or have
> built) Perl -64 or -n32.
>
> If you need n32, you'll have to order or download the Irix N32
> Development Toolkit, which provides the basic set of client
> libraries in n32 form, rather than the 64 bit libraries.
>
> Alternatively, you can build with the 64-bit libraries if your
> Perl is already built 64-bit. I found that I needed to set a
> compiler.defaults file with -n32 and -mips3 specified, in order
> to match our version of Perl, and use the N32 Toolkit.
>
> Also, IIRC, I needed to build the Makefile with 'perl Makefile.PL -p'
>
> -- Tom
>
> Thomas A. La Porte
> DreamWorks SKG
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, David Adams wrote:
>
> >We have the Oracle 8.1.6 client installed and working on Irix 6.5.
> >I have installed Perl 5.6.1 and DBI 1.18, and have DBD::Proxy working.
> >
> >I have failed to build DBD::Oracle 1.06, with the 'make' failing with the
> >last two lines:
> >
> >cc WARNING: -64 conflicts with -n32; using latter value (-64)
> >ld64: FATAL 12 : Expecting n64 objects: Oracle.o is n32.
> >
> >Also the generated Makefile contains this weird line:
> >
> >EXTRALIBS = -L$(LIBHOME) echo "-64" ;
> >fi` -Wl,-woff,16,-woff,84,-woff,85,-woff,134,-rdata_shared,-multigot,-mips3
> >-o build -rpath
> >/opt/local/oracle/lib -L/opt/local/oracle/network/lib/ -L/opt/local/oracle/l
> >ib/ -lclntsh
> >
> >The README.help file suggests that I should compile Perl with the -32 -mips2
> >compiler options and re-install, but this advice seems to be for Oracle 7.?.
> >
> >What is needed to install DBD::Oracle with Oracle 8.1.6 on Irix 6.5?
> >I will re-install Perl if I need to, but I can't afford to re-install it
> >repeatedly until I hit on the right options.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >--
> >David Adams
> >Computing Services
> >Southampton University
> >
> >
> >
> >
