I mentioned this in the CB yesterday. I have a requirement to use Net::LDAPS. It has a dependency on IO::Socket::SSL, which in turn has a dependency on Net::SSLeay. Net::SSLeay requires openssl. I've installed openssl 0.9.7f from source using gcc, however when I try to make Net::SSLeay v1.25 I get the following error:

LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/local/ssl/lib" ld -o blib/arch/auto/Net/SSLeay/SSLea
+y.so  -bhalt:4 -bM:SRE -bI:/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.0055
1/aix/CORE/perl.exp -bE:SSLeay.exp -b noentry -lc -L/usr/local/lib SSL
+eay.o    -L/usr/local/ssl -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto 
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .__umoddi3
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .__udivdi3
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .__eprintf
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more info
+rmation.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 8.

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During the make process Net::SSLeay remarks that it must be compiled using the same compiler as was used to make perl & openssl (for reasons to do with XS I assume), but when I mentioned this in the CB a monk (it might have been tye) suggested I try it, because sometimes it works. I guess it didn't :-(

Other than the XS issue, I'm wondering if the 'undefined symbol' error suggests a version mismatch.

Bearing in mind that for operational reasons I am not permitted to recompile a more up to date version of perl than the "5.005_51 built for aix" I've got (if only!), which I assume was built by IBM using the IBM C compiler (this version of perl ships with AIX 4.3), can anyone suggest a workaround or fix?

TIA

Update: Failing suggestions for workaround or fix, I'd welcome comments on whether the make error suggests compiler mismatch or version mismatch. I suspect the former, but my knowledge of XS is undef.

Update: It's amazing how quickly an absolute policy can be excepted when the only alternative is spending thousands rewriting in java :-)

Thanks for your input folks, I'm off to install perl 5.8.6

g0n, backpropagated monk

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