On 2008-06-05 01:44:20 -0700, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Scott Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi I am struggling to build the DBD-Oracle module on mandriva 2008.1. [...] > > make: *** No rule to make target > > `/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE/EXTERN.h', needed by > > `Oracle.o'. Stop. > > > > Any help would be appreciated as google throws up nothing. > > > Assuming that the file doesn't exist - rather than no permissions - then > look to see whether there is any other file in the CORE directory. On my > Solaris machine, the equivalent file exists. If your > CORE directory is non-existent, or mostly empty (should be over 50 files in > it), then your best bet is probably build your own Perl. If just the one > file is missing, you could try a reinstall.
It is also possible that the header files are in a different package.
Most Linux distributions split a basic perl installation into multiple
packages. Although CORE/*.h are in the base package in the "perl"
package in Redhat and Debian, Mandriva might have put them into a
different package - look for something like "perl-devel",
"perl-headers", or similar.
hp
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