Perl and Aix

[bdw238]

Hello,

I want to build a perl module (File-RsyncP-0.68) on some Aix 5.2, Aix 5.3 servers. I don't have a copy of the IBM c, C++ compiler(s) but do have gcc V4 installed.

Can I compile the perl module safely using gcc, even if the orginal Aix version of perl may have been compiled with IBM native c/C++ compiler?. I have read articles on the web that you need to use the same compiler used to build perl to build perl modules with, is this correct?

I am using standard version of perl shipped with Aix 5.2 and 5.3 (V5.8.2).

Thanks

Brian

 

[rzs0502]

Hi

I have always had issues compiling modules with gcc for Perl and Python which were compiled with xlc
Options would be to install a demo Visual Age, Get a Perl package compiled with gcc or compile gcc from source (which is what I had to do - and it saves you trouble next time you install a module)

Good Luck


"If you always do what you've always done, you will always be where you've always been."

 

[RodKnowlton]

Possible third option:

File-Rsync-0.42 looks like a pure perl wrapper for the rsync executable. You can find an rsync RPM on the AIX Toolbox for Linux CD.

- Rod


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[bdw238]

Hello,

Thanks rzs0502, that is good tip I did not think off. However, I am going to solve my problem by building perl with gcc, build rsync package with `gcc` version of perl, create my script that uses the rsync module and package the lot as a mkinstall application. Similar to Oracle, and IBM Tivoli that utilse there own verion of perl.

Also, here is quick explication I sent to IBM that I have discovered why you are forced to use the c compiler that used to build perl when compling perl modules -

As I have already stated I am building my own version of perl , and reason for this is that I do not have access to the IBM C complier, which is required if you want to use IBM 'shipped' perl and any additional modules download from

http://www.cpan.org

as these must be compiled against the original c compiler that built perl. This effects any flavour of UNIX (Aix, Solaris,HP-UX,etc), so if IBM customers asks about this problem relating to AIX and compling a cpan module(s), you can explain this by pointing out that when perl compiles a perl module, perl sets the 'cc' shell environment variable [used by all c compilers] to value defined in `perl -V |grep cc' field. So you now know a bit more about perl now.


Brian