Error building _mysql on sparc Solaris 8

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I cannot get the "setup.py build" to run properly.

I have used the "setup.py" Andy Dustman has passed to Tom Scrivner (thread: "Installation problems Solaris 2.7"), I still have problems:

ld: fatal: library -lmysqlclient: not found
ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to build/lib.s
n4u-2.1/_mysql.so
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

This means it doesn't find the library.
Is this the file "libmysqlclient.a" under "/usr/local/mysql/lib"?

If yes, should I change the path in the gcc command?

Thank you for help!

  Serge

[Anonymous]

Some precisions:

I have found the error for the library path (setup.py had "library_dirs = ['/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql']" instead of "library_dirs = ['/usr/local/mysql/lib']"

OK, but it still doesn't work, I get a bunch of <unknown> lines and it ends with the following message:

<unknown>                           0x9d8       /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlcli
ent.a(default.o)
ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable sections
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

What does that mean?

Any help would be welcomed!

   Serge

[Anonymous]

There is a problem with gcc and the solaris linker
to solve your problem you have to do the following:

python setup.py install > compile.log 2>&1

At the end of the file look for the gcc command used for example:

gcc -shared build/temp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/_mysql.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -R/usr/local/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -o build/lib.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/_mysql.so

To see what happend exactly you have to send the above command whith a -v like this

gcc -v -shared build/temp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/_mysql.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -R/usr/local/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -o build/lib.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/_mysql.so > compile2 2>&1

In the file compile2 you will have a result like this one

Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/collect2 -V -G -dy -z text -R/usr/local/zlib-1.1.3:/usr/local/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib -Y P,/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/lib -Qy -o build/lib.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/_mysql.so /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/crti.o /usr/ccs/lib/values-Xa.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/crtbegin.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2 -L/usr/ccs/bin -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/usr/local/lib build/temp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/_mysql.o -lmysqlclient -lgcc -lgcc /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/crtend.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/crtn.o

On the third line you have to remove the "-z text" option and save your file.

After that you can do:

sh compile2

This will execute the command above and execute the link correctly

After that you can reexecute:

python setup.py install

After that everything should be OK

G. Casellini

[Tim A Kyle]

Thanks, this worked fine! Can this be included in the FAQ / Patches?

Tim

[Anonymous]

I had a similar problem on Solaris 7 and gcc 2.95.2.  I found that the linker portion of the "specs" file didn't have any options tied to collect2.

My output to the compile2.log file looked like this:

Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)

So I manually ran collect2 with your compile2 output like this:

/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/collect2 -V -G -dy -R:/usr/local/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib -Y P,/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/lib -Qy -o build/lib.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.2/_mysql.so /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crti.o /usr/ccs/lib/values-Xa.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crtbegin.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2 -L/usr/ccs/bin -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/usr/local/lib build/temp.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.2/_mysql.o -lmysqlclient -lgcc -lgcc /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crtend.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crtn.o

then su'd to run 'python setup.py install'

Worked like a champ.  Thanks for posting your info.

E. Bambock

[Tim A Kyle]

This seems to be a pb on Solaris 7 & 8. It would be good to find a solution to this. I have not yet found one.

Tim

[Roderick Padilla]

Hi there! ..

I am getting the same error but in the build phase.

gcc -shared build/temp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/_mysql.o -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -R/usr/local/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib -lmysqlclient_r -lz -o build/lib.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/_mysql.so

ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable sections
collect2: ls returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

How do I fix the "gcc link" issue in the build phase?

Python 2.1.1/GCC 2.95.1/Mysql 3.23.49

Thanks in advance!