Re: Problem compiling mod_perl on AIX

Hello,
I think I have found the problem.

-----[Makefile]---------------------------
....cut.....
# FULLEXT = Pathname for extension directory (eg Foo/Bar/Oracle).
# BASEEXT = Basename part of FULLEXT. May be just equal FULLEXT. (eg Oracle)
# PARENT_NAME = NAME without BASEEXT and no trailing :: (eg Foo::Bar)
# DLBASE  = Basename part of dynamic library. May be just equal BASEEXT.
MAKE = make <--------------- HERE
FULLEXT = mod_perl2
BASEEXT = mod_perl2
....cut.....
-----[Makefile]---------------------------

The generated Makefile does define:  MAKE = make

This does unfortunately not work if the found make is the AIX make and 
not GNU make (aka gmake).
If you modify your PATH before you compile mod_perl to include the 
directory /opt/freeware/bin
before /usr/bin or export MAKE=/opt/freeware/bin/gmake (and if GNU make 
is installed on the system)
then the GNU make is used.

The build will work with GNU make without a problem.

I suggest to add a note in the INSTALL to:

export MAKE="/opt/freeware/bin/gmake"
perl Makefile.PL ....

-----[./INSTALL]--------
Simple install:

   % perl Makefile.PL MP_APXS=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
   % make && make test
   % make install

Simple config:

   LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
   #PerlModule Apache::compat
   # your config comes here
-----[./INSTALL]--------


->

-----[./INSTALL]--------
Simple install:

   % perl Makefile.PL MP_APXS=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
   % make && make test
   % make install

Simple install on AIX:

  You will need GNU make to compile mod_perl. The AIX make does not work.
  If you have installed GNU make from the AIX Toolbox:

  % export MAKE="/opt/freeware/bin/gmake"
  % perl Makefile.PL MP_APXS=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
   % gake && gake test
   % gake install

Simple config:

   LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
   #PerlModule Apache::compat
   # your config comes here
-----[./INSTALL]--------


Bye
   Rainer


On 07.07.2021 08:50, Edward J. Sabol wrote:
> On Jul 6, 2021, at 2:49 AM, Rainer Tammer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I do have a problem compiling mod_perl 2.0.8, 2.0.10 or 2.0.11 on AIX 7.1/7.2.
>> I did not have this problem in the past (older AIX and older AIX system Perl v5.10.1).
>> The current system Perl version on AIX is 5.28.1.
> [...]
>> make: 1254-002 Cannot find a rule to create target static from dependencies.
> Well, I googled that error message, and I saw that another person reported
> the exact same "make" error when compiling mod_perl 2.0.2 on AIX 5.2 on 07
> Feb 2006. There was no follow-up with a solution. Another person also
> reported the same "make" error with AIX 6.1 when compiling mod_perl 2.0.10
> with Perl 5.26.1 on 15 Nov 2017. No reply then either. Do a Google search
> for details. You might try emailing the person who posted in 2017 and see if
> they were ever able to get it to compile.
> https://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.ModPerl has a mod_perl 2.0.7
> package for AIX 5.1. So, yeah, it looks to be a long-standing problem. :-(
>
> Make sure you've read through https://perldoc.perl.org/perlaix to see if any
> of that applies. I see a suggestion there that says to compile Perl with
> gcc. It might be worth trying that and then compiling mod_perl with gcc too.
> Good luck. If you find a solution, please come back and post it for future
> AIX users.
>
> Regards,
> Ed
>

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