Re: Xerces-p Installation on AIX 5.1

sekhar kavuru <[email protected]> writes:

> I have installed xerces-c_2_3_0-AIX51_6.00 binary and trying to
> install XML-Xerces-2.3.0-4 on AIX 5.1.0.0.
> 
> perl Makefile.PL 
> make 
> make test 
> make install 
> 
> On AIX when make command fails due to invalid flag -C  ( $(MAKE) -C Handler static)
> 
> I am using gmake instead of make , as -C OPTION is valid option in
> gmake on AIX.

Correct the -C option is only valid for GNU make (sometimes installed
as gmake on proprietary Unix systems).

> Now when I run the make command , I had to wait for nearly 15
> minutes before any compilation messages trickle in . Below is a cut
> and paste of the command which nearly takes 15 minutes 

Yes, Xerces.cpp is a *big* C++ file and if you are compiling with
optimization (-O, -O1, -O2 ...) it will take a *long* time. If you
need to speed things up for testing use -g instead.

> cc -c -I. -IHandler -I/sekhar/xerces-c_2_3_0-AIX51_6.00/include
> -D_REENTRANT -DHAS_BOOL -Dbool=int -O     -DVERSION=\"2.3.0-4\"
> -DXS_VERSION=\"2.3.0-4\"  -I/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.6.0/aix/CORE
> Xerces.cpp

Perhaps one of the other AIX folks on the list could help with this
compile line - just to make sure it's got the correct compiler flags. 

> ( i have tested with xlC_r,xlc also) 

If you are going to use the AIX binary of Xerces-C, you *must* use the
same C++ compiler that they used or you will almost certainly get
undefined symbol errors - just something to be aware of. I believe
they list the compilers they use on the WWW site.

> I have no idea why so many errors come up, I am not a c/C++
> programmer and o clue as to what is happening.
>
> ------------ Erros messages I get ----------------------------
> 
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/sekhar/XML-Xerces-2.3.0-4/Handler'
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/sekhar/XML-Xerces-2.3.0-4/Handler'
> LD_RUN_PATH="/lib" ld -o blib/arch/auto/XML/Xerces/Xerces.so  -bhalt:4 -bM:SRE -bI:/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.6.0/aix/CORE/perl.exp -bE:Xerces.exp -b noentry -lC -lc  Xerces.o  blib/arch/auto/Handler/Handler.a  -lpthread -L/sekhar/xerces-c_2_3_0-AIX51_6.00/lib
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: __pure_virtual
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: __ti19PerlCallbackHandler
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .__19PerlCallbackHandler
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: __tfQ211xercesc_2_312XMLException
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: __tfQ211xercesc_2_312DOMException
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .__rethrow

I take it that this is only some of the errors and not all of them?
It is very strange because there is a mix of Xerces-C symbols,
e.g. DOMException and XMLException, XML-Xerces symbols,
e.g. PerlCallbackHandler, and system symbols, e.g. pure_virtual and
rethrow. 

You may want to download and build Xerces-C from source and see if
that helps.

Sorry I can't be of more help. 

Cheers,
jas.