From: Will <wrbriggs@...>
Date: 2005-10-21T06:36:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling on AIX

Ok, I've managed to get things to compile up to the socket library,
where I hit this error:
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/wrbriggs/ruby-1.8.3/ext/socket'
cc -g  -I. -I../.. -I../../. -I../.././ext/socket -DHAVE_SIN_LEN
-DHAVE_SOCKADDR_STORAGE -DHAVE_SA_LEN  -DHAVE_NETINET_TCP_H
-DHAVE_NETINET_UDP_H -DHAVE_SENDMSG -DHAVE_RECVMSG
-DHAVE_ST_MSG_CONTROL -DHAVE_GETNAMEINFO -DHAVE_GETADDRINFO
-DHAVE_TYPE_SOCKLEN_T -DHAVE_SYS_UN_H -DHAVE_SYS_UIO_H -DHAVE_SOCKET
-DHAVE_GETIPNODEBYNAME -DHAVE_SOCKETPAIR -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME
-Dss_family=__ss_family -Dss_len=__ss_len -c socket.c
"../../ruby.h", line 68.1: 1506-224 (I) Incorrect #pragma ignored.
"socket.c", line 983.81: 1506-280 (W) Function argument assignment
between types "unsigned long*" and "int*" is not allowed.
"socket.c", line 1013.85: 1506-280 (W) Function argument assignment
between types "unsigned long*" and "int*" is not allowed.
"socket.c", line 1415.29: 1506-280 (W) Function argument assignment
between types "unsigned long(*)(unsigned long)" and "unsigned
long(*)()" is not allowed.
/usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit_socket -bI:../../ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512
-H512   -L"../.." -o ../../.ext/powerpc-aix5.1.0.0/socket.so socket.o
-ldl -lcrypt -lm   -lc
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .CMSG_SPACE
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .CMSG_LEN
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
information.

I really, really want to start using Ruby for some work-related
projects, but without AIX support, I can't.  Anyone help AT ALL would
be really, really appreciated!

Thanks yet again,
Will