Ok, Ok, ya twisted my arm. I'll write up a howto over the weekend and post it to dbi-users. Others can add to it or rebut what I've written. :)
At 21:14 10/18/2001, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I second Adam's request, I am looking for any sort >of document about building static Perl with modules, >and what is its advantages and disadvantages. > > >Best Regards, >Mahdi. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Adam Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:26 PM >To: Dbi-Users; Gary L. Burnore >Subject: Re: Building static Perl that includes DBI and DBD::Informix >inside??? > > >Hrm... Is there a HOWTO on this somewhere? > >We wanted to put a version of perl with a bunch of modules compiled in onto >a CD... >I'd thought it would be very difficult... but compiling in modules would >make life a lot easier... > >Adam >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gary L. Burnore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Dbi-Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "Dbi-Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:36 AM >Subject: Re: Building static Perl that includes DBI and DBD::Informix >inside??? > > > > At 10:24 10/18/2001, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is it possible to create and install a 'perl' executable > > with DBI and DBD::Informix statically linked? > > > > I am asking this because I read somewhere that this is doable > > for example with Image::Magick module. > > > > > > Yes, it is. In fact on our SCO OpenServer platforms it's the only way we > > could get it to work. If run configure with the --static option, then >make > > sure you compile in everything you want at the same time, you should be > > fine. We had to compile the Informix:DBI in last as there were issues >with > > claims of missing libraries that are actually there when we tried to > > commpile in the Informix first, then another module. > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
