Here is what I needed to do.
1. Remove any /opt /usr/local version of perl
2. Ensure that the ANSI C compiler installed
3. Oracle 9.2.0.5 installed and working correctly.
>>>> here's where I really started today after you new 1.16 version was downloaded
>>>> <<<<<<
4. Go through the perl -V and make sure that the following were correctly defined
from perl5.8.5 Configure, and where they weren't edit the config.sh of the perl 5.8.5
build.
archname=IA64.ARCHREV_0-LP64
config_args='-des -Ulocincpth= -Uloclibpth= -Duse64bitall -Duselargefiles -Dlibs=-lnsl
-lnm -ldl -ldld -lm -lsec -lpthread -lc '
ccflags =' -Ae -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,+vnocompatwarnings +DD64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 '
cppflags='-D__STDC_EXT__ -D_HPUX_SOURCE -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,+vnocompatwarnings '
ldflags ='+DD64 -L/usr/lib/hpux64'
libpth=/usr/lib/hpux64 /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib /usr/local/lib
libs=-lnsl -lnm -ldl -ldld -lm -lsec -lpthread -lc
perllibs=-lnsl -lnm -ldl -ldld -lm -lsec -lpthread -lc
cccdlflags='+Z', lddlflags='-b +vnocompatwarnings -L/usr/lib/hpux64'
Without out these every attempt at the DBD-ORACLE.1.16 had the same issues as
previously posted. Its seems that perl 5.8.x is still not Itanium aware. Most of the
libs where pointing to the 32bit versions after Configure had completed.
I get still get 2 tests failing on the perl 5.8.5 make test.
lib/Net/Ping/t/450_service................# Failed test 9 in
../lib/Net/Ping/t/450_service.t at line 84 *TODO*
# ../lib/Net/Ping/t/450_service.t line 84 is: ok $p -> ping("127.0.0.1");
# Failed test 18 in ../lib/Net/Ping/t/450_service.t at line 143 *TODO*
# ../lib/Net/Ping/t/450_service.t line 143 is: ok $p -> ack();
ok
lib/ExtUtils/t/recurs.....................# Failed test
(../lib/ExtUtils/t/recurs.t at line 61)
# got: '256'
# expected: '0'
These I'll attempt to fix/post on a forum and see how I go.
4. Install/compile DBI-43
5. Install DBD-ORACLE-1.16 with the following change to the Makefile.PL
On the DBD-ORACLE-1.16 I needed to add $OH/plsql into the find function in the sub
find_headers subroutine.
All the DBD tests then pass.
Response one of the offical maintainers was:
1. I'd personally put -lpthread -lc in_fron of the libs and perllibs list, but that
should be OK
2. The ping failure is a known failure, and tells me that you are probably quite
up-to-date with the ExtSW HP-UX patches. This test started failing after the December
2003 ExtSW (goldpack) updates. We at perl development have not (had time to) figure
out why.
3. I have seen the recurs failure before. I don't think it's vital.
4. It's not "Configure" itself that is Itanium aware. It's "hints/hpux.sh", and I am
*_VERY_* eager to see improvements to it to better suit Itanium, since I'm currently
the official maintainer of both files. I don't have access to Itanium anymore, now
that the spe173 has been removed from the testdrive pool
[*] If anyone can give me ssh access to an Itanium box, with enough disk space and
network access, which I can use to build/test/expand Perl, I'd be more than happy to
add that to my ports
Feel free to post patches/changes/README-additions/remarks directly to me merijn at
procura dot nl, and don't forget a subject. I also have contact with the author of DBI
and DBD-Oracle, so valid patches might make it to the next version and improve HP-UX
support
