Problems with ExpatXS in Solaris 9

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

I have encountered numerous problems trying to install ExpatXS on Sun Solaris 9. I Have successfully installed XML-NamespaceSupport-1.08 and XML-Parser-2.34 (also installed expat-1.95.8) booth my perl and expat are installed into a non-default directory and seem to be working.

I have been doing most of my tests on version 1.04 since I am using that version currently under Linux but have confirmed the same errors trying to install version 1.08. When I run perl Makefile.PL I get the following

>perl Makefile.PL
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lexpat
Do you want to alter ParserDetails.ini? [Y]
Writing Makefile for XML::SAX::ExpatXS
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Running make produces the following

> make
gcc -c   -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=
+64 -O   -DVERSION=\"1.08\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.08\" -fPIC "-I/mypath/pro
+duct/perl-5.8.2/lib/5.8.2/sun4-solaris/CORE"   ExpatXS.c
ExpatXS.xs:21:19: expat.h: No such file or directory
ExpatXS.xs:51: parse error before "XML_Parser"
ExpatXS.xs:51: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
…
make: *** [ExpatXS.o] Error 1
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While the perl Makefile.PL looks ok I thought the Note line might be the problem (not finding my expat so I also modified the Makefile.PL and changed LIBS => '-lexpat' to LIBS => '-L/mypath/expat-1.95.8/lib' unforutunelty it did not help.

If I copy expat.h and expat_external.h to /mypath/product/perl-5.8.2/lib/5.8.2/sun4-solaris/CORE then make compiles but “make test” fails all the test with the following

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /mypath/product/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "
+-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00basic.............Can't load '/mypath/test/XML-SAX-ExpatXS-1.08/bl
+ib/arch/auto/XML/SAX/ExpatXS/ExpatXS.so' for module XML::SAX::ExpatXS
+: ld.so.1: /mypath/product/bin/perl: fatal: relocation error: file /m
+ypath/test/XML-SAX-ExpatXS-1.08/blib/arch/auto/XML/SAX/ExpatXS/ExpatX
+S.so: symbol XML_GetErrorCode: referenced symbol not found at /mypath
+/product/perl-5.8.2/lib/5.8.2/sun4-solaris/DynaLoader.pm line 229.
 at t/00basic.t line 4
Compilation failed in require at t/00basic.t line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/00basic.t line 4.
# Failed test 1 in t/00basic.t at line 3
#  t/00basic.t line 3 is: END { ok($loaded) }
t/00basic.............dubious
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
DIED. FAILED test 1
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Any help getting ExaptXS to compile under Sun would be appreciated.

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Re: Problems with ExpatXS in Solaris 9 by Anonymous Monk on May 28, 2005 at 12:05 UTC
`-L/mypath/expat-1.95.8/lib` means look in `/mypath/expat-1.95.8/lib`, but you still need `-lexpat` which means link to `expat$Config{lib_ext}`	[reply]
Re: Problems with ExpatXS in Solaris 9 by blahblahblah (Priest) on May 28, 2005 at 14:09 UTC
Hi, I've successfully installed expat & XML::Parser in non-standard locations on a few different systems (including solaris 8) by using this command: `perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/usr/my_dir/expat/lib EXPATINCPATH=/usr/ +my_dir/expat/include` [download] -Joe	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problems with ExpatXS in Solaris 9 by tchatzi (Acolyte) on May 28, 2005 at 10:33 UTC
Why don't you try installing the module from cpan at your shell prompt try `perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> install whatever::module` [download] Does it gives you the same results? ``The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.'' TIMTOWTDI	[reply] [d/l]