If either or both of you sent the full information asked for in the README then I'd be able to patch Makefile.PL to do-the-right-thing for Oracle 8.0 (without risking breaking other versions).
Just send the info to me and I'll aim to deal with it before the next release. Tim. On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 01:23:31PM +0100, Bertrand Delouche wrote: > Hi, > > I encountered a similar problem as Beth's one while trying to compile v1.16 > of DBD-Oracle module and as you answered, adding -lextp at the appropiate > place into the Makefile resolves the problem. > Now my question is, is there a way to explicitly specify during the > Makefile creation (perl Makefile.PL [opts ...]) that you need this flag ? > I tried perl Makefile.PL LIBS="-lextp" and many other ways, but none of > them do it. > > Thanks in advance, > Bertrand > > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Beth Winsl > ow writes: > >I'm trying to install DBD-Oracle-1.15 on Solaris 9 using perl 5.8.5 > >compiled with gcc. > >My oracle home contains version 8.0.6 (old, yes, but required for an > > With DBD-Oracle-1.16 and 8.0.6.3 under Solaris, the OCILobWriteAppend > symbol not found symbol error is resolved, but introduces a new missing > symbol, ociepgoe. > > $ /opt/perl-5.8.5/bin/perl Makefile.PL -s ociepgoe > [snipped] > searching oracle lib/libextp.a ... > [5] | 390| 103|FUNC |GLOB |0 |1 |ociepgoe > [snipped] > > > Adding -lextp to the link command for blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so > resolves that missing symbol. > > Happy Perl hacking, > John > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
