fwiw, here's my perl -V output: Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 12 subversion 2) configuration:
Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18-164.10.1.el5pae, archname=i686-linux uname='linux foo.com 2.6.18-164.10.1.el5pae #1 smp thu jan 7 20:37:53 est 2010 i686 athlon i386 gnulinux ' config_args='-des -Dprefix=/builds/2010-11-12.001/perl' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=4, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc libc=/lib/libc-2.5.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='2.5' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF Built under linux On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:27 AM, E R <pc88m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Figured this one out: > > The Makefile.PL for DBD::Oracle looks for makefiles in your oracle > home directory. > If it finds one, it scans the makefile for compiler options used to > build Oracle applications. > > In my case it found demo.mk which includes the option -locci. > > What is interesting is that the makefiles are not present in the > instant client zip archives that Oracle makes available. So it appears > that libocci will get included or not depending on what kind of client > distribution you have. > > Is anyone having problems using DBD::Oracle in a mod_perl environment > when libocci is _not_ linked in? I'm using perl 5.12.2 without > threading enabled. > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM, John Scoles <sco...@pythian.com> wrote: >> On 22/11/2010 2:58 PM, E R wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have two DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so shared libraries. In one case ldd >>> reports that libocci is linked in, and in another case libocci doesn't >>> show up. >>> >>> I don't know how the first version was built, but the second one was >>> build using: >>> >>> export ORACLE_HOME=... # path the instantclient 10.2.0.4 >>> export LB_LIBRARY_PATH="$ORACLE_HOME:" >>> >>> perl Makefile.PL >>> make >>> make install >>> >>> (I.e., a pretty generic build) >>> >>> Does anyone know how libocci gets picked up when building Oracle.so? I >>> am using instantclient version 10.2.0.4 >>> >>> Thanks, >>> ER >> >> I know in the instant client the so files are all squished together into a >> >> libclntsh.so.xx.x >> >> file where xx.x is the version number of the client. ie libclntsh.so.10.1 >> for ic 10.1 >> >> What I have to do to get DBD::Oracle to compile is create a symbolic link to >> it like this >> >> ln -s libclntsh.so.10.1 libclntsh.so >> >> if you happen to already have a link like that in your path someplace it >> could be a problem. >> >> I have noticed on some other OS system that all the .so files are place in a >> common folder one I cannot find or do not have access to in the Makeifle.PL >> >> you might want to look into that. >> >> After the compile it no longer needs the link. >> >> Hope this helps >> >> Cheers >> John Scoles >> >> >> >> >