[RESOLVED] Build issue with PHP5.2.0 on AIX 5.2 using GCC 3.3.2

[sharan]

Builiding PHP5.2.0 for apache2.2.3 on AIX 5.2 using gcc 3.3.2. However, the configure script fails with the following error.

checking for object suffix... o
checking for executable suffix... no
checking for c++... no
checking for g++... g++
checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -pthread ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
cannot create executables.

The config.log reads
configure:105907: g++ -o conftest -pthread -D_THREAD_SAFE conftest.C
1>&5
ld: 0711-201 SEVERE ERROR: External symbol typeinfo name for
std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, char*>, defined in member codecvt.o
of archive
/opt/freeware/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/3.3.2/pthread/libstdc++
.a, was not found in the archive's global symbol table.and lots of similar errors.

Intial search on web suggested similar problems having been seen when binutil tools(gnu ld,ar or nm) were being used instead of the native ones. However, In my case, binutils are not installed. Any Help will be appreciated.

Thanks.
Sharan.

[MarkR]

The problem is you don't have a working C++ compiler. Contact your sysadmin and try again once they've installed it correctly.

Mark

[sharan]

The issue was with the g++ supplied libraries(libstdc++.a) for AIX.

Background: It is not recommened to use gnu binutils with g++ on AIX(lots of material on web). so we were using the native ld,ar instead of gnu. However, the g++ supplied libraries do not work with the native ld unless you run "ranlib" on these libraries.

resolution:run ranlib on the problem libraries

Thanks!
Sharan.

[bradgrafelman]

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