Problem with Math-BigInt-GMP-1.24 on AIX

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

Hi all,
we are migrating our perl 5.8.7 environment from Solaris 9 to AIX 5.3. I'm really a begginer in perl installation stuff.

We need to install Math-BigInt-GMP-1.24, to be honest it seems to be already installed but we got some errors in using NET::SSH.
So trying to reinstall Math-BigInt-GMP-1.24 we had the following :

-bash-3.2$ make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /home/smash/global/perl5/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Comma
+nd::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/bigfltpm....Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallb
+ack to Math::BigInt::Calc at t/bigfltpm.t line 15
# Test 1 got: "Math::BigInt::Calc" (bigfltpm.inc at line 3)
#   Expected: "Math::BigInt::GMP"
t/bigfltpm....ok 2/2042Can't locate object method "_zeros" via package
+ "Math::BigInt::GMP" at bigfltpm.inc line 167, <DATA> line 2.
Compilation failed in require at t/bigfltpm.t line 22, <DATA> line 2.
t/bigfltpm....dubious
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1, 3-2042
        Failed 2041/2042 tests, 0.05% okay
t/bigintg.....Can't load '../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so' fo
+r module Math::BigInt::GMP: rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __gmpz_root was ref
+erenced
      from module ../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so(), but a ru
+ntime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __gmpz_sqrt was referenced
      from module ../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so(), but a ru
+ntime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __gmpz_tstbit was referenced
      from module ../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so(), but a ru
+ntime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __gmpz_init_set was referenced
      from module ../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so(), but a ru
+ntime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __gmpz_ior was referenced
      from module ../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so(), but a ru
+ntime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __gmpz_xor was referenced
      from module ../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so(), but a ru
+ntime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __gmpz_and was referenced
      from module ../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so(), but a ru
+ntime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
        0509-021 Additional errors occurred but are not reported. at /
+advertising/smash/be-clust/global/perl5/lib/5.8.7/aix-thread-multi/Dy
+naLoader.pm line 230.
 at t/bigintg.t line 15
Compilation failed in require at t/bigintg.t line 15.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/bigintg.t line 15.
t/bigintg.....dubious
        Test returned status 8 (wstat 2048, 0x800)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-356
        Failed 356/356 tests, 0.00% okay
t/bigintpm....Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallb
+ack to Math::BigInt::Calc at t/bigintpm.t line 17
Math::BigInt::GMP is missing method '_one' at bigintpm.inc line 12
Cannot load outdated Math::BigInt::GMP v1.24, please upgrade at bigint
+pm.inc line 12
Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::B
+igInt::Calc at bigintpm.inc line 12
# Test 1 got: "Math::BigInt::Calc" (bigintpm.inc at line 39)
#   Expected: "Math::BigInt::GMP"
t/bigintpm....ok 1972/3043Can't locate object method "_base_len" via p
+ackage "Math::BigInt::GMP" at bigintpm.inc line 530.
Compilation failed in require at t/bigintpm.t line 23.
t/bigintpm....dubious
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
DIED. FAILED test 1
        Failed 1/3043 tests, 99.97% okay
t/biglog......ok
t/bigroot.....Couldn't load specified math lib(s) and fallback disallo
+wed at t/bigroot.t line 34
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/bigroot.t line 34.
# Looks like your test exited with 8 before it could output anything.
t/bigroot.....dubious
        Test returned status 8 (wstat 2048, 0x800)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-17
        Failed 17/17 tests, 0.00% okay
t/pod.........ok
        1/1 skipped: Test::Pod not installed on this system
t/pod_cov.....ok
        1/1 skipped: Test::Pod::Coverage 1.08 required for testing POD
+ coverage
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Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

t/bigfltpm.t  255 65280  2042 4081 199.85%  1 3-2042
t/bigintg.t     8  2048   356  712 200.00%  1-356
t/bigintpm.t  255 65280  3043    1   0.03%  1
t/bigroot.t     8  2048    17   34 200.00%  1-17
2 subtests skipped.
Failed 4/7 test scripts, 42.86% okay. 2415/5530 subtests <br>failed, 5
+6.33% okay.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 255.
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Our enviroment is :

Archive::Zip -- 1.18
AutoLoader -- 5.67
Class::ErrorHandler -- 0.01
Class::Loader -- 2.03
Compress::Raw::Zlib -- 2.015
Compress::Zlib -- 2.015
Convert::ASCII::Armour -- 1.4
Convert::ASN1 -- 0.20
Convert::PEM -- 0.07
Crypt::Blowfish -- 2.10
Crypt::CAST5_PP -- 1.04
Crypt::CBC -- 2.22
Crypt::CBCeasy -- 0.24
Crypt::DES -- 2.05
Crypt::DES_EDE3 -- 0.01
Crypt::DH -- 0.06
Crypt::DSA -- 0.14
Crypt::IDEA -- 1.08
Crypt::OpenPGP -- 1.03
Crypt::Primes -- 0.50
Crypt::RIPEMD160 -- 0.04
Crypt::RSA -- 1.58
Crypt::Random -- 1.25
Crypt::Rijndael -- 1.04
Crypt::Twofish -- 2.12
DBD::Oracle -- 1.19
DBI -- 1.53
Data::Buffer -- 0.04
Digest::BubbleBabble -- 0.01
Digest::HMAC -- 1.01
Digest::MD2 -- 2.03
Digest::MD5 -- 2.36
Digest::SHA1 -- 2.11
ExtUtils::Install -- 1.41
File::Which -- 0.05
Getopt::ArgvFile -- 1.11
HTML::Parser -- 3.60
HTML::Tagset -- 3.20
IO -- 1.23
IO::Compress::Base -- 2.015
IO::Compress::Zlib -- ???
LWP -- 5.826
MD5 -- 2.03
MIME::Base64 -- 3.07
Math-BigInt -- ???
Math::BigInt -- 1.89
Math::BigInt::GMP -- 1.24
Math::BigInt::Pari -- 1.13
Math::BigRat -- 0.22
Math::GMP -- 2.04
Math::Pari -- 2.010709
Module::Build -- 0.2808
Module::ScanDeps -- 0.86
Net::SFTP -- 0.10
Net::SSH::Perl -- 1.30
PAR -- 0.983
PAR::Dist -- 0.40
PAR::Packer -- 0.982
Perl -- 5.8.7
Security::Secureclient -- 0.01
Sort::Versions -- 1.5
String::CRC32 -- 1.4
Test::Simple -- 0.86
Tie::EncryptedHash -- 1.8
URI -- 1.37
XSLoader -- 0.10
YAML -- 0.62
bignum -- 0.23
version -- 0.76
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Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Elena

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Re: Problem with Math-BigInt-GMP-1.24 on AIX by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 03, 2010 at 12:06 UTC
Did you install gmplib as described in the Math::BigInt::GMP INSTALL file? Update: Problems in Net::SSH Covers issues of compiling against a gmplib which has been built using a different compiler, the replies should be worth a read.	[reply]
Re: Problem with Math-BigInt-GMP-1.24 on AIX by almut (Canon) on Mar 03, 2010 at 12:14 UTC
`Can't load '../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so' for module Math::BigInt::GMP: rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __gmpz_root was referenced from module ../blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so(), but a runtime definition of the symbol was not found. (...)` Usually, such "symbol not found" errors mean that `GMP.so` has been linked against a wrong version of the GMP lib (the C library that Math::BigInt::GMP is a wrapper for), or hasn't been linked against it at all. Were there any warnings in earlier steps of the build?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Problem with Math-BigInt-GMP-1.24 on AIX by elenet (Initiate) on Mar 03, 2010 at 13:18 UTC
The make process generated GM.so as following, i don't see the problem : -bash-3.2$ make cp lib/Math/BigInt/GMP.pm blib/lib/Math/BigInt/GMP.pm /home/smash/global/perl5/bin/perl -e 'use ExtUtils::Mksymlists; Mksymlists("NAME" => "Math::BigInt::GMP", "DL_FUNCS" => { }, "FUNCLIST" => [], "DL_VARS" => []);' /home/smash/global/perl5/bin/perl /advertising/smash/be-clust/global/perl5/lib/5.8.7/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /advertising/smash/be-clust/global/perl5/li b/5.8.7/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap GMP.xs > GMP.xsc && mv GMP.xsc GMP.c gcc -c -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -DUSE_NATIVE_DLOPEN -DNEED_PTHREAD_INIT -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGE_FILES -O -DVERSION=\"1.24\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.24\" "-I/advertising/smash/be-clust/global/perl5/lib/5.8.7/aix-thread-multi/CORE" GMP.c Running Mkbootstrap for Math::BigInt::GMP () chmod 644 GMP.bs rm -f blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so LD_RUN_PATH="" gcc -Wl,-bhalt:4 -Wl,-bexpall -Wl,-G -Wl,-bnoentry -lpthreads -lc -L/usr/local/lib GMP.o -o blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so -lgmp chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so cp GMP.bs blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.bs chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.bs Manifying blib/man3/Math::BigInt::GMP.3	[reply]
Re^3: Problem with Math-BigInt-GMP-1.24 on AIX by almut (Canon) on Mar 03, 2010 at 13:52 UTC
Is your `libgmp.so` a current version? (As `-lgmp` is on the link command line, and you didn't get an error, some version of `libgmp` appears to have been found...) You could check with `dump` whether the (shared) lib provides the symbols in question, e.g. `$ dump -T /usr/local/lib/libgmp.so \| grep ...` [download] (The `-T` option is from memory (I don't have an AIX system here at the moment). Use `nm` instead of `dump` in case you have a static library. See the respective man pages in case of doubt...)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Problem with Math-BigInt-GMP-1.24 on AIX by salva (Canon) on Mar 03, 2010 at 14:20 UTC
Net::SSH::Perl is mostly unmaintained nowadays with lots of unresolved bugs in its CPAN rt queue... being in AIX will certainly not help either! So, make yourself a favor an move to any of the Perl SSH client modules that are being actively maintained, that is Net::SSH2 or Net::OpenSSH.	[reply]