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kadeshpa
kadeshpa

Reputation: 1667

AIX- Does not install shared lib

I am able to build the shared object successfully using the holy native compiler "xlc" on AIX.It does build the shared object library but does not install the shared object library.

Configure command is: ./configure --prefix=/PATH/to/install --exec-prefix=/PATH/to/install --enable-shared --enable-static=no --enable-module=so --build=powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0 --host=powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0 LDFLAGS="-G -shared"

Any help would be appreciated?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 721

Answers (3)

Robert Boehne
Robert Boehne

Reputation: 281

Under AIX, there are two types of shared libraries, AIX style, and SysV compat libs.

AIX style libs are archvies that can contain static libraries as well as multiple versions of shared libraries, and have names like libFOO.a

SysV-compat libs have names like libFoo.so and are more like what you would find on Linux.

Libtool will build either type. If you want SysV-compat libs, add -Wl,-brtl to LDFLAGS.

My guess is that you see /PATH/to/install/lib/libFOO.a and are assuming that it's a static library, when in fact, it's an AIX shared library.

Upvotes: 0

kadeshpa
kadeshpa

Reputation: 1667

I could install the shared library successfully when i had to exclusively export LDFLAGS as "-brtl -L/path/to/install".

Upvotes: 0

EvilTeach
EvilTeach

Reputation: 28882

So you are trying to compile to the shared library location.

I would suggest seeing if you can compile/link to your local directory.

If that works, try copying the new library to the correct directory. It may be that the oldshared library is open by some process and therefore can't be overwritten.

Are you getting any error messages?

Upvotes: 0

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