Greetz. Like a million other people, I'm trying to compile DBD::mysql on Solaris 8. I installed ActiveState Perl from their website and MySQL from their website. I was able to compile and install DBI with no problems. But doing DBD-mysql fails. I installed gcc from sunfreeware.com. I searched the whole system for mysql.o and it's not there. I don't know what's supposed to provide it or where it's supposed to be. Same with dbdimp.o. I tried Cpan shell too. Here's all the particulars below. Any ideas? Thanks.

[root@netdisc DBD-mysql-3.0006]# uname -a SunOS netdisc 5.8 Generic_117350-36 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240 [root@netdisc DBD-mysql-3.0006]# gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.2/specs Configured with: ../configure --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/l d --disable-nls Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.2 [root@netdisc DBD-mysql-3.0006]# mysqld -V mysqld Ver 5.0.21-standard for sun-solaris2.8 on sparc (MySQL Community Edition - Standard (GPL))

[root@netdisc DBD-mysql-3.0006]# perl Makefile.PL Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 I will use the following settings for compiling and testing:

cflags (mysql_config) = -I/opt/mysql/mysql/include -xO3 -mt -D_FORTEC_ -xarch=v8 embedded (mysql_config) = libs (mysql_config) = -L/opt/mysql/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lposi x4 -lcrypt -lgen -lsocket -lnsl -lm mysql_config (guessed ) = mysql_config nocatchstderr (default ) = 0 nofoundrows (default ) = 0 ssl (guessed ) = 0 testdb (default ) = test testhost (default ) = testpassword (default ) = testsocket (default ) = testuser (default ) =

To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and 'perldoc INSTALL'.

Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Using DBI 1.51 (for perl 5.008008 on sun4-solaris-thread-multi) installed in /op t/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DBI/ Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql [root@netdisc DBD-mysql-3.0006]# make cp lib/DBD/mysql.pm blib/lib/DBD/mysql.pm cp lib/DBD/mysql/GetInfo.pm blib/lib/DBD/mysql/GetInfo.pm cp lib/Mysql.pm blib/lib/Mysql.pm cp lib/DBD/mysql/INSTALL.pod blib/lib/DBD/mysql/INSTALL.pod cp lib/Mysql/Statement.pm blib/lib/Mysql/Statement.pm cp lib/Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm blib/lib/Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm gcc -c -I/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto /DBI -I/opt/mysql/mysql/include -xO3 -mt -D_FORTEC_ -xarch=v8 -DDBD_MYSQL_INSERT _ID_IS_GOOD -g -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DNO _HASH_SEED -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -O -DVERSION=\"3.0006\" -DXS_VERSION=\"3.0006\" -fPIC "-I/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/ lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/CORE" dbdimp.c gcc: language arch=v8 not recognized gcc: dbdimp.c: linker input file unused because linking not done /usr/bin/perl -p -e "s/~DRIVER~/mysql/g" /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8 /sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DBI/Driver.xst > mysql.xsi /usr/bin/perl /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /opt/Activ ePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/ExtUtils/typemap mysql.xs > mysql.xsc && mv mysql.xsc mysql .c Warning: duplicate function definition 'do' detected in mysql.xs, line 224 Warning: duplicate function definition 'rows' detected in mysql.xs, line 567 gcc -c -I/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto /DBI -I/opt/mysql/mysql/include -xO3 -mt -D_FORTEC_ -xarch=v8 -DDBD_MYSQL_INSERT _ID_IS_GOOD -g -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DNO _HASH_SEED -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -O -DVERSION=\"3.0006\" -DXS_VERSION=\"3.0006\" -fPIC "-I/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/ lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/CORE" mysql.c gcc: language arch=v8 not recognized gcc: mysql.c: linker input file unused because linking not done Running Mkbootstrap for DBD::mysql () chmod 644 mysql.bs rm -f blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/lib" /usr/bin/perl myld gcc -G -L/usr/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/o pt/SUNWspro/WS6U2/lib dbdimp.o mysql.o -o blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so \ -L/opt/mysql/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lposix4 -lcrypt -lgen -lsocket -lns l -lm \

gcc: dbdimp.o: No such file or directory gcc: mysql.o: No such file or directory make: *** [blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so] Error 1 [root@netdisc DBD-mysql-3.0006]#