Re: Problem compiling DBD::Informix under Linux

Posted in 1998

Jonathan Leffler — Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:31:09 -0700 (PDT) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Darrel Davis wrote: > I downloaded and installed Informix SE for Linux (as well as ESQL/C). > It seems working like a champ. Awesome. Now I wanted to build > perl DBD::Informix. Yes, I read the README. I downloaded and > built DBI OK but when I try to compile DBD::Informix I get: > ================================================== > > Configuring DBD::Informix version 0.60... > You are using DBI version 1.00 and Perl version 5.00404 > Remember to actually read the README file! > > Using INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.24.UC5 from /usr/informix > > DBD::Informix doesn't check whether ODBC or Informix-CLI software > is installed any more. It uses a home-brew odbctype.h instead. > > Testing whether your Informix test environment will work... > cc: /usr/informix/lib/libnetstub.so: linker input file unused since > linking not done > cc: /usr/informix/lib/libnetstub.so: linker input file unused since > linking not done > /usr/informix/lib/esql/libixos.so: undefined reference to `crypt' > Failed to link test program esqltest > > =================================================== > I am doing this under Redhat 5.1. I know that the supported versions > are Caldera and Suse (Suse should be here tomorrow although I hate > to reinstall if I can get this working). OK. Redhat has the glibc libraries but the ESQL/C was created with the older libc5 libraries. You need to get the older libraries onto your machine, or add -lcrypt to the command line, possibly by editing (a copy of) the esql script. Beware, using the glibc (aka libc6) libraries is definitely not supported. We expect to release a glibc version of the software sometime in the not too distant future. Also note that there have been discussions of this issue in the Linux corner of the IDN web site -- see my signature -- as well as in other fora (forums?). Yours, Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com) #include <witticism.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN Informix IDN for D4GL & Linux -- http://www.informix.com/idn