Problem Compiling Data::Swap

HuckinFappy has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

We've developed some code using KiokuDB, and I needed to get it running on windows this week. So I went out and grabbed Strawberry Perl, and started using CPAN to get all the modules I need up and running.

It all went well until satisfying the KiokuDB dependencies, at which point it choked on Data::Swap:

g++.exe -o blib\arch\auto\Data\Swap\Swap.xs.dll -Wl,--base-file -Wl,dl
+l.base -mdll -s -L"C:\perl\5.20.0\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\perl\5.20.0\c\
+lib" Swap.o    c:\perl\5.20.0\perl\lib\CORE\libperl520.a -lmoldname -
+lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32
+ -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversio
+n -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 dll.exp
Swap.o:Swap.c:(.text+0xb8): undefined reference to `__imp_Perl_hv_back
+references_p'
Swap.o:Swap.c:(.text+0xd5): undefined reference to `__imp_Perl_hv_back
+references_p'
C:/perl/5.20.0/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.2/../../../../x
+86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: Swap.o: bad reloc address 0x0 in sectio
+n `.pdata'
C:/perl/5.20.0/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.2/../../../../x
+86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: final link failed: Invalid operation
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
dmake:  Error code 129, while making 'blib\arch\auto\Data\Swap\Swap.xs
+.dll'
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I've found bug reports going back to 2009 on this, and I went back as far as perl 5.10, and it won't compile there either. I'm pretty bummed KiokuyDB has such an out-of-date core dependency, but besides that, i can't imagine the pain of redoing all the KiokuDB work manually myself. Any hints how I can get this compiled?

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Re: Problem Compiling Data::Swap (makedef.pl embed.fnc not exported symbol hv_backreferences_p) by Anonymous Monk on Jun 15, 2014 at 09:19 UTC
See Re: Devel::BeginLift make problem and Re^4: perl-5.18.0 install problem - Part 2 (makedef.pl) Its the same problem, Perl_hv_backreferences_p is not an part of the public api, its not exported symbol You can get at it by recompiling perl after editing the "embed.fnc" entry for to add an A `- poM \|AV** \|hv_backreferences_p \|NN HV hv + ApoM \|AV* \|hv_backreferences_p \|NN HV *hv` [download] After that you should be able to compile Data::Swap without problems Yes, theoretically you could through some clever copy/pasting inline a working hv_backreferences_p, but thats like c programming ... its not easy :)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problem Compiling Data::Swap by wjw (Priest) on Jun 15, 2014 at 06:42 UTC
I did a cpanm install on my Linux laptop using Perl perl-5.20.0 successfully. I don't have a Windows machine to try it on, so this is probably not all that helpful. I gotta admit though, 19 distributions being installed surprised me! Best of luck to you! ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it... Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results... A solution is nothing more than a clearly stated problem...otherwise, the problem is not a problem, it is a facct wjw	[reply]

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