SUCCESS: SGI Irix freeware perl + apache 1.3.12, dynamically linked.

[Chan Wilson <cw...@neu.sgi.com>]

Posting in the hopes it helps others out.  Caveat empor thou, i've
only tested bare functionality nothing more so far!

After various headpounding exercises trying to get mod_perl integrated
into the Irix freeware perl5.00503 and freeware apache (1.3.9), I've
found the magic incantation that made rld stop bitching about
unresolvable symbols.  A tip o' the wizard's hat to Alan Burlison for
the discussion[1] in the apache+mod_perl+solaris thread that gave me
the lead on the incantation.  Like Solaris, Irix has a way to preload
or override library linkage, it's just called a different name --
_RLD_LIST:

tcsh> env _RLD_LIST=/usr/freeware/apache/libexec/libperl.so:\
/usr/freeware/lib/perl5/5.00503/irix-o32/CORE/libperl.so:DEFAULT\
 /usr/freeware/apache/bin/httpd

Alert readers will note that I mention apache 1.3.12 in the subject
line, yet allude to the freeware 1.3.9 apache.  I need o32 (as opposed
to n32, the default 32bit code) binaries to link against the Oracle
libs I'm using for DBI::Oracle, so I simply built & installed 1.3.12
using the freeware config.  I can't see any reason why the use of
_RLD_LIST couldn't be used to create a mod_perl against 'stock' irix
freeware apache & perl, which are compiled n32, thou.  (if anyone has
leads on *supported* n32 Oracle libs, I'd love to hear about it.
Recompiling umpteen bits -o32 gets tiring.)

[ and sorry, i'm not on the modperl mailing list, so mail direct if
you're looking for a response from me. ]

[1] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/shingchaxtwax/387E6018.864BCEDA@uk.sun.com


cheers,

--Chan

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