Re: make test hangs when re-installing DBI under 64-bit

On 8/27/2012 12:07 PM, Tim Bunce wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 08:41:45AM -0600, Harry Jamieson wrote:
>> Environment:
>> IBM AIX 5.3.
>> Perl 5.8.8 now linked to its 64-bit libraries.
>> 64-bit compiled test simple 0.98
>> 64-bit compiled MakeMaker 6.48.
>>
>> We didn't discover that IBM had shipped our AIX with Perl pointed to
>> the 32-bit version until after we had already installed DBI, and now
>> that we find that we must use DB2 instead of MySQL, we are forced to
>> try to re-install everything under 64-bit.  We have re-linked Perl
>> to 64-bit and we were successful at re-installing test simple and
>> makemaker under 64-bit.
> Did you use perlbrew (http://perlbrew.pl/) or use the defaults?
>
> Do you have to use a perl version that's over six years old?
>
> http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=DBI%201.622;maxver=1
> shows the last report for DBI from a cpan tester on AIX was for 1.609
>
> And http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=DBI%201.609;reports=1;os=aix
> shows only 1 pass and two fails, and those were for perl 5.10.1
> (the pass report looks like it's for a 64-bit system).
>
> Tim.
>
>
Environment:
IBM AIX 5.3.
Perl 5.8.8 now linked to its 32-bit libraries.
32-bit compiled test simple 0.98
32-bit compiled MakeMaker 6.48.

Tim, thank you for your reply.   We have Perl 5.8.8 installed on the 
machine right now, and it has been pointed back to 32-bit.  The matrix 
that you gave me seems to show that I should update that to at least 
5.10.1 and then try to install 1.609 of DBI.  What version of DBD::DB2 
would go along with that?

The cpantest with the one pass and two fails was under AIX 5.1, and we 
have AXI 5.3.  I'm hoping that that will make a positive difference.

I am new to perl and had never heard of perlbrew before.  I will 
download it once the machine has finished TRYING to bring my DB2 up to 
8.2 so that I can load DBD::DB2.  Right now, I'm zcating the DB2 fix 
pack and getting lots and lots of garbage on my screen. :(  And yes, I 
FTP'd it direct from IBM in binary.  I'll keep you up to date on my 
progress.

Harry