Installing XS modules on Solaris

So, I keep trying to install some modules with XS components on Solaris using "iwcpan install Package::Module" and it keeps barfing on the linking stage because make is using some flag that ld doesn't recognize. I'm guessing its because it is looking at Sun's ld (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) and not the GNU ld (/usr/sfw/bin/gld), but I can't figure out how to tell CPAN to use the right linker. I looked through my .cpan directory which lets me set the C compiler and make command, but not the linker. Anyone have a similar problem?

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nipper

Is there a make config ? Typically when I run stuff like that (I have not done cpan on Solaris lately) then it will determine what compilers (and where), loader, etc you use and set the parameters as such.

Do you have the GNU loader ? Can you change the path so that it uses GNU instead ?

Adam Stoller

So, I keep trying to install some modules with XS components on Solaris using "iwcpan install Package::Module" and it keeps barfing on the linking stage because make is using some flag that ld doesn't recognize. I'm guessing its because it is looking at Sun's ld (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) and not the GNU ld (/usr/sfw/bin/gld), but I can't figure out how to tell CPAN to use the right linker. I looked through my .cpan directory which lets me set the C compiler and make command, but not the linker. Anyone have a similar problem?

As I recall - the GCC that tends to get put on to Solaris boxes has /usr/ccs/bin/ld hard-coded somewhere - but I don't remember where.
What I've done in the past is (using your paths as an example):

~> sudo mv /usr/ccs/bin/ld /usr/ccs/bin/ccs_ld
~> sudo ln -s /usr/sfw/bin/gld /usr/ccs/bin/ld

chuckles

I have a feeling that fish is right and that the ld path is hard-coded inside gcc which is odd since it seems to be using /usr/sfw/bin/gcc. Unfortunately, I am attempting to skirt our admins (shhh) and I don't have root access.

I did come up with a shady workaround though. If an install fails, I go into ~/.cpan/build and remove the offending ld flags from the makefile and then build manually. It seems to work ok except for not installing the documentation.