Re: Xerces-p Installation on AIX 5.1

On 13 Jan 2004, Jason E. Stewart wrote:

> 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'll try, but I need to see a capture of the entire process - including 
the link step.  It would also help if I knew exactly which level of 
compiler was installed on the build machine. Offhand, I'd expect to have 
to use CC_r when compiling Xerces.cpp.

I _can_ tell you that I've never been able to get an AIX Xerces-p build to 
pass regression tests.  It dumps core left and right when trying to 
propagate a threaded C++ exception catch back to Perl as $@.

I have spent untold hours trying to nail this down.  My latest theory is 
that Perl itself must be linked only to the "_r" flavor libraries in order 
for this to have a chance of working.  By default, perl is not built in 
this manner and I have not had the time to fight my way through a build 
modification (if you've ever studied the Configure system, you'll know 
what I'm speaking of).

Finally, that's a seriously old Perl to begin with.  Consider moving to 
5.8.0 at a minimum.

Steve

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