Re: Problems installing DBI on AIX5

> I don't have an AIX box turned on right now but xlc must support -c (it
> means compile but do not link). What does perl -V output? Do you really have
> a full AIX compiler installed or is this one of those silly mini compilers.



srvdfj239 / # perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=aix, osvers=5.3.0.0, archname=aix-thread-multi-64all
    uname='aix akash79 3 5 00011a85d600 '
    config_args='-desr -Dinstallprefix=/usr/opt/perl5
-Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5 -Dcc=xlc_r -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define
usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc_r', ccflags ='-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE
-D_POSIX_SOURCE -qmaxmem=-1 -qnoansialias -DUSE_NATIVE_DLOPEN
-DNEED_PTHREAD_INIT -q64 -DUSE_64_BIT_ALL -q64',
    optimize='-O',
    cppflags='-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE
-qmaxmem=-1 -qnoansialias -DUSE_NATIVE_DLOPEN -DNEED_PTHREAD_INIT'
    ccversion='9.0.0.2', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=87654321
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld', ldflags ='-brtl -bdynamic -b64'
    libpth=/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
    libs=-lbind -lnsl -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt
-lpthreads -lc -lbsd
    perllibs=-lbind -lnsl -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lpthreads -lc -lbsd
    libc=, so=a, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_aix.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='
-bE:/usr/opt/perl5/lib64/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi-64all/CORE/perl.exp'
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-b64 -bhalt:4 -bexpall -G -bnoentry
-lpthreads -lc'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT
                        USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO
                        USE_REENTRANT_API
  Built under aix
  Compiled at Jun  3 2009 12:34:41
  %ENV:
    PERL5LIB="/usr/local/libperl"
  @INC:
    /usr/local/libperl
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi-64all
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/5.8.8
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/site_perl/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi-64all
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/site_perl/5.8.8
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/site_perl
    .

I tried to find xlC and here's the result:


srvdfj239 / # find . -name *xlc*

Nothing was found from the above.


srvdfj239 / # find . -name *xlC*
./etc/xlC.cfg_dce
./usr/lpp/xlC
./usr/lpp/xlC/exe/default_msg/xlCfe.cat
./usr/lpp/xlC/exe/xlCcpp
./usr/lpp/xlC.aix50
./usr/lpp/xlC.aix50/deinstl/xlC.aix50.rte.al
./usr/lpp/xlC.aix50/deinstl/xlC.aix50.rte.inventory
./usr/lpp/xlC.aix50/deinstl/xlC.aix50.rte.unpost_i
./usr/lpp/xlC.cpp
./usr/lpp/xlC.cpp/deinstl/xlC.cpp.al
./usr/lpp/xlC.cpp/deinstl/xlC.cpp.inventory
./usr/lpp/xlC.msg.en_US
./usr/lpp/xlC.msg.en_US/deinstl/xlC.msg.en_US.rte.al
./usr/lpp/xlC.msg.en_US/deinstl/xlC.msg.en_US.rte.inventory
./usr/lpp/xlC.rte
./usr/lpp/xlC.rte/deinstl/xlC.rte.al
./usr/lpp/xlC.rte/deinstl/xlC.rte.inventory
srvdfj239 / #

Compilers is not really my thing.  Currently I'm using
/usr/ccs/lib/cpp.  Is that not the same thing?