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Re^3: Error during compilation of 5.8.8 on solaris 10
by oko1 (Deacon) on Apr 10, 2008 at 00:58 UTC
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Close. It should be a dev package for 'libdb' - which will include 'libdb.a'. If I recall correctly, that should be the Berkeley DB package - e.g., db-4.2.52.NC-sol10-sparc-local.gz for Solaris 10.
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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. -- HG Wells
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Your advice is correct in some respects, but incorrect in others.
- libdb.so is a shared library, whereas libdb.a is a static library. If you have both libdb.so and libdb.a available in the search paths used by a C compiler (gcc in this case), then the shared library is preferred. Shared libraries are preferred because they prevent the code from begin compiled into your resulting Perl binary, which increases binary size and requires more resources every time it is invoked. The previous comments about needing libdb.a instead of libdb.so were incorrect.
- Having the library is not sufficient; you need the development headers as well. This was a correct stateement.
If you or someone you know has root access to the system, you can start at this page for the version of Solaris you have (as opposed to using the SunFreeware one):
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/index.xml
You can get the Berkeley DB companion software for Solaris 8, 9, 10 and on Sparc and Intel platforms. Sun requires a free login to access the downloads (both DVD ISO image and individual package downloads).
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> The previous comments about needing libdb.a instead of libdb.so were incorrect.
The documentation says you're wrong; the '-l' option explicitly requires the '.a' version.
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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. -- HG Wells
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Sinistral-
Per your comment of "Having the library is not sufficient; you need the development headers as well. "
Will the 4.2.52.NC-sol10-sparc-local package from sunfreeware install both?
This is going on a server that is running an oracle 9i database (production) Do you think there is anything in this package that could adversely affect the functionality of that database. The reason I ask is that the details page of the package discusses how Berkeley DB integrates w/ "Oracle's Overall Embedded database strategy." Since I don't have a non production server to test this package on, i'm a bit nervous.
Thanks again-
Matt
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As you've already tried, it works fine. I am running systems with Oracle and Berkeley DB, and they keep out of each other's way. I even have Perl scripts that use both DBD::Oracle and DB_File in the same script, and there's no problems. The "Oracle's Overall Embedded database strategy" is nice marketing text, but when it comes down to files on the metal, they can happily coexist.
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Re^3: Error during compilation of 5.8.8 on solaris 10
by mmakarczyk (Initiate) on Apr 09, 2008 at 23:14 UTC
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This is the closest I see to a package that installs libdb:
db-4.2.52.NC-sol10-sparc-local.gz
db is the Berkeley open source embedded database system - installs in /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2. This packages also requires that you have install either libgcc or gcc.
note.. I have installed the gcc
does that sound close to what I need?
Thanks again for all the help.
matt
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Yep. I definitely prefer 'gcc' for compiling on Solaris; in my experience, it's more flexible and forgiving than Sun's own compiler.
You may also find this to be a useful and pertinent read: DB_File-1.817.readme.
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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. -- HG Wells
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