From: "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@...>
Date: 2003-03-11T00:08:43+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML on solaris: problem with libiconv

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel VanderWerf [mailto:vjoel@PATH.Berkeley.EDU] 
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:16 PM
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: YAML on solaris: problem with libiconv
> 
> 
> 
> I'm trying to use yamlrb-0.49.2, with ruby 1.7.3 (2002-12-20) 
> on solaris 
> 7. Even the most basic uses fail:
> 
> $ ruby -r yaml -e '1.to_yaml'
> /usr/path/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.7/sparc-solaris2.7/iconv.so: warning: 
> defining Iconv.allocate is deprecated; use rb_define_alloc_func()
> ld.so.1: ruby: fatal: relocation error: file 
> /usr/path/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.7/sparc-solaris2.7/iconv.so: symbol 
> libiconv_open: referenced symbol not found
> Killed
> 
> This is after installing a fresh copy of libiconv (1.8), and 
> the reinstalling ruby. I've checked my LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and 
> it does include 
> dirs containing:
> 
> libiconv.so        libiconv.so.2.1.0
> libiconv.la        libiconv.so.2      libiconv_plug.so
> 
> What am I missing?

When you installed iconv did you use a package or build it from source?  If
you built it from source, which linker did you use?  Sometimes when I get
these sorts of errors, it's a GNU ld vs. Sun ld issue and it can be solved
with the --with-gnu-ld option to configure (or not).

I may also be completely off. :)

Regards,

Dan