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Date:      Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:39:42 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildreth@emsphone.com>
To:        "Weier, Paul" <paul@ibsys.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-database@freebsd.org" <freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: DBD: :Oracle
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010928083942.shildreth@emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <9E35C54B0C7AD411B5C1009027DE5399074E0E14@MSPMX01>

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Unfortunately I am still running 8.0.5, but I will try to help.
Did you install linux_devel?  You can't compile DBD::Oracle without
it.  You are using a Linux Perl right?  
On 28-Sep-01 Weier, Paul wrote:
>  
> I am running FreeBSD 4.3
> I am running Oracle 8i (Linux client only...no full DB)
> I am running Perl 5.6.1
> I installed libwww-perl-5.53_97
> I installed libnet-1.0704
> I installed /cdrom/packages/linux_base
> I installed DBI-1.20
> I am trying to install DBD::Oracle-1.12
> 
># kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1    3 0xc0100000 224ce4   kernel
>  2    1 0xc1ffc000 19000    usb.ko
>  3    1 0xc2020000 12000    linux.ko
> 
> 
> SQLPlus works fine with the Linux oracle client...and am able to contact
> the listener on the oracle server.  We have tested perl and it seems to work
> fine.
> DBI installed without a hitch.  I am getting really beat up trying to
> get DBD::Oracle to install however.
> 
> If I do a make I get:
> 
> /usr/libexec/elf/ld: cannot find -ldl
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/local/src/DBD-Oracle-1.12.
> 
> Even if I comment out every occurance of '-ldl' that I can find in the
> makefile I still get complaints during complilation that it is missing.
> I removed it in mk.pm and still get complaints.  
> 
> if I do a 'perl Makefile.PL -nob' or the other suggested build
> techniques I get core dumps whenever I try to use Perl that uses oracle.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with this...or can at least point me out to
> whether the problem lies in the oracle client or in the perl install
> missing libraries or in the DBD::Oracle install on FreeBSD when a Linux
> emulator
> is involved...thanks in advance for saving my sanity.
> 
> Please tell me if I have not given enough information to clarify
> something for you.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Paul Weier                                        paul@ibsys.com
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Date: 28-Sep-01
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