Re: Unable to compile ruby 2.5.1 on Solaris 11

I was able to fix the issue by re-compiling the ffi. Thanks

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 5:09 PM leam hall <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 5:35 AM Karthick K <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> When I tried to compile ruby 2.5.1 getting the below error,
>>
>> compiling parse.c
>> compiling string.c
>> compiling symbol.c
>> compiling vm.c
>> make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/share/src/ruby-2.5.1'
>> processing probes in object files
>> linking miniruby
>> ./tool/ifchange "--timestamp=.rbconfig.time" rbconfig.rb rbconfig.tmp
>> rbconfig.rb unchanged
>> creating verconf.h
>> verconf.h updated
>> compiling loadpath.c
>> generating a glommed object with DTrace probes for static library
>> linking static-library libruby-static.a
>> generating enc.mk
>> compiling enc/encinit.c
>> linking ruby
>> Undefined                       first referenced
>>  symbol                             in file
>> ffi_raw_size                        ext/fiddle/fiddle.a(function.o)
>> ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors
>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>> make[2]: *** [Makefile:239: ruby] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/share/src/ruby-2.5.1'
>> make[1]: *** [exts.mk:149: ruby] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/share/src/ruby-2.5.1'
>> make: *** [Makefile:776: build-ext] Error 2
>>
>> I tried compile with *--with-static-linked-ext --enable-load-relative
>> --without-X11 --disable-install-doc --disable-install-rdoc* and the
>> worked on CentOS 6. May I know why am getting this error and how to solve
>> it?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Karthick
>>
>
> Does Solaris have an equivalent to the "libffi" and "libffi-devel" rpms?
>
> [leam@shaphan docs]$ rpm -qi libffi
> Name        : libffi
> Version     : 3.1
> Release     : 16.fc28
> Architecture: x86_64
> Install Date: Wed 25 Apr 2018 02:26:07 AM EDT
> Group       : System Environment/Libraries
> Size        : 55140
> License     : BSD
> Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Fri 09 Feb 2018 12:06:37 AM EST, Key ID
> e08e7e629db62fb1
> Source RPM  : libffi-3.1-16.fc28.src.rpm
> Build Date  : Thu 08 Feb 2018 01:51:42 AM EST
> Build Host  : buildvm-17.phx2.fedoraproject.org
> Relocations : (not relocatable)
> Packager    : Fedora Project
> Vendor      : Fedora Project
> URL         : http://sourceware.org/libffi
> Summary     : A portable foreign function interface library
> Description :
> Compilers for high level languages generate code that follow certain
> conventions.  These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate
> compilation to work.  One such convention is the "calling convention".
> The calling convention is a set of assumptions made by the compiler
> about where function arguments will be found on entry to a function.  A
> calling convention also specifies where the return value for a function
> is found.
>
> Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments
> are to be passed to a function.  For instance, an interpreter may be
> told at run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call a
> given function.  `Libffi' can be used in such programs to provide a
> bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code.
>
> The `libffi' library provides a portable, high level programming
> interface to various calling conventions.  This allows a programmer to
> call any function specified by a call interface description at run time.
>
> FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface.  A foreign function
> interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code
> written in one language to call code written in another language.  The
> `libffi' library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent
> layer of a fully featured foreign function interface.  A layer must
> exist above `libffi' that handles type conversions for values passed
> between the two languages.
>
>
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