Re: Can't get Perl5.004.04 to compile on Bo

[dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu>]

Do you have the libc5-dev package?  I think the dl library is found
there.

Dennis
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On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Christopher Fury wrote:

> I'm trying to compile perl5.004.04 on my debian 1.3 system...  when I
> run the configure script I get a problem when it trys to link with the 
> dl library (libdl).  libdl is in /lib...  I don't see any other 
> packages (I did install dld, though I don't know if it's necessary, 
> it's not very descriptive)
> 
> Anybody have this compiled?  Anybody know what I'm doing wrong/missing?
> 
> Here's the [condensed] version of sh Configure -d in the perl directory.
> 
> [...]
> Checking for optional libraries...
> [...]
> Found -ldb (shared).
> [...]
> 
> Any additional libraries? [-lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -ldld -lm -lc]
> [...]
> 
> Checking your choice of C compiler, libs, and flags for coherency...
> I've tried to compile and run a simple program with:
> 
>         cc -O2 -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include
> -L/usr/local/lib -o try try.c -lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -ldld -lm
> -lc
>         ./try
> 
> and I got the following output:
> 
> ld: cannot open -ldl: No such file or directory
> I can't compile the test program.
> (The supplied flags might be incorrect with this C compiler.)
>  
> You have a BIG problem.  Shall I abort Configure (and explain the
> problem)
> [y]  
> Ok.  Stopping Configure.
> 
> 
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