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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
