From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2004-01-07T13:54:59+09:00
Subject: Re: problems compiling ruby 1.8.1 on AIX 4.3.3 AND 5.1

Hi,

At Wed, 7 Jan 2004 04:26:42 +0900,
Paul wrote:
> > > /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit_rmd160 -bI:/home/paul/ruby-1.8.1/ruby.imp -bM:SRE
> > > -T512 -H512 -lc  -L"/home/paul/ruby-1.8.1" 
> > > -L"/u/dtalkwiz/psue/local/lib" -o rmd160.so rmd160init.o rmd160.o rmd160hl.o 
> > > -ldl -lcrypt -lm   -lc
> > > ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .__eprintf
> > > ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.
> > 
> > Have you installed required stuff (libraries etc.) properly?
> 
> What required libraries??

I'm not sure what you need to use pthread on AIX.

> * on AIX 4.3.3/GCC I get:
> /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit_rmd160 -bI:/home/paul/ruby-1.8.1/ruby.imp
> -bM:SRE
> -T512 -H512 -lc  -L"/home/paul/ruby-1.8.1" 
> -L"/u/dtalkwiz/psue/local/lib" -o rmd160.so rmd160init.o rmd160.o
> rmd160hl.o
> -ldl -lcrypt -lm   -lc
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .__eprintf

This symbol is for assert()?

> * on {AIX 4.3.3/5.1} / IBM VAC I get:
> 
> "/home/paul/ruby-1.8.1/ruby.h", line 65.1: 1506-224 (I) Incorrect
> #pragma ignored.

#pragma alloca is valid for only gcc?

>         /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit_curses
> -bI:/home/paul/ruby-1.8.1/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -lc 
> -L"/home/paul/ruby-1.8.1" -L"/home/paul/local/lib" -o curses.so
> curses.o  -lcurses  -ldl -lcrypt -lm   -lc
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .wresize
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .resizeterm

I have no idea why extconf detected them but ld failed.  Can
you show mkmf.rb under ext/curses?

-- 
Nobu Nakada