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From: michael dot peppler at bnpparibas dot com
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: DBD::Sybase 1.08
Date: May 8 2007 5:35AM

Actually it has nothing to do with 64bit - and all to do with the way perl 
handles signals in threaded mode in perl 5.8 and later.

But yes, using the reentrant libraries mean that signal handling is 
broken, and that any signal delivered to the program will result in a 
segfault.

Michael




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jason@froebe.net@peppler.org - 07.05.2007 20:07
 
Sent by:        owner-sybperl-l@peppler.org
To:     Stefan.Karlsson, knb, sybperl-l
cc: 
Subject:        Re: ANNOUNCE: DBD::Sybase 1.08

DBD::Sybase shouldn't be compiled on Linux x86-64 using the reentrant
libraries.  It will segfault on certain signals.  This is due to a bug
with 64bit perl and not DBD::Sybase.

So, use the non-reentrant libraries.

jason

--- Stefan Karlsson  wrote:

> The libraries specified are the 32-bit libraries:
> -lsybct -lsybcs -lsybtcl -lsybcomn -lsybintl -lsybblk
>
> Use the 64-bit versions:
> sybct64, sybcs64, sybblk64
>
> Also, note that the thread-safe versions of the libraries are named
> _r,
> e.g: sybct_r64
>
> I'm really completely oblivious to what the DBD module needs so this
> is
> in no way authoritative advise, but for client applications you only
> need to specify sybct and sybcs with 15.0. For Bulk Library me thinks
>
> sybblk is needed too. So condensing my suggestion:
>
>       replace: -lsybct -lsybcs -lsybtcl -lsybcomn -lsybintl -lsybblk
>
>       with: -lsybct64 -lsybcs64 -lsybblk64
>
>       or, more likely: -lsybct_r64 -lsybcs_r64 -lsybblk_r64
>
> HTH,
>
> /Stefan
>
> Knut Behrends wrote:
> > Hello Michael,
> >
> > just some feedback. No answer needed on this mail. I am posting
> this to
> > provide an entry for the mailing list archive...maybe this will
> help
> > another user a little bit, somehow.
> >
> > DBD::Sybase still does not compile on amd64, ASE 15 client libs.
> Can't
> > install DBD::Sybase on amd64 by means of CPAN/shell get and
> CPAN/shell
> > test. Please see info below.
> >
> > Instead, after unsuccessfully trying to install via CPAN, I have
> managed
> > to find a DBD::Sybase module that works by installing the
> freetds-based
> > "libdbd-sybase-perl" package that comes with the Ubuntu
> distribution.
> >
> > However, I have no clear idea why it works, and what its
> capabilities
> > and bugs are.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Knut
> >
> >
> > #####################################
> >
> >  libdbd-sybase-perl
> > Sybase/MS SQL database driver for the DBI module
> > Package maintainer: Steve Langasek 
> >
> > When I install it and run
> > perl -MDBI -e '$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Sybase:SYBASE_MYSERVER",
> "sa",
> > "secret"); print "$dbh->{syb_oc_version}\n";'
> > freetds v0.63
> >
> > ldd /usr/lib/perl5/auto/DBD/Sybase/Sybase.so
> >         libct.so.3 => /usr/lib/libct.so.3 (0x00002b7b4f429000)
> >         libtds.so.4 => /usr/lib/libtds.so.4 (0x00002b7b4f568000)
> >         libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002b7b4f69d000)
> >         libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00002b7b4f7a1000)
> >         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002b7b4f922000)
> >         /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000555555554000)
> >
> >
> >  head /proc/version
> > Linux version 2.6.17-11-generic (root@king) (gcc version 4.1.2
> 20060928
> > (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)) #2 SMP Tue Mar 13 22:06:20
> UTC
> > 2007 (Ubuntu 2.6.17-11.37-generic
> >
> > perl -v
> > This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
> >
> > print "$DBI::VERSION\n";'
> > 1.53
> >
> > print "$DBD::Sybase::VERSION\n";'
> > 1.00
> >
> > ################
> > DBD::Sybase 1.08 installation:
> >
> >
> > make test
> >
> > cc -c  -I/opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/include -DSYB_LP64
> > -I/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto/DBI -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE
> > -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
> > -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2
> > -DVERSION=\"1.08\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.08\" -fPIC
> > "-I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   Sybase.c
> > rm -f blib/arch/auto/DBD/Sybase/Sybase.so
> > LD_RUN_PATH="/opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib" cc
> -L/opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib
> > -shared -L/usr/local/lib Sybase.o dbdimp.o  -o
> > blib/arch/auto/DBD/Sybase/Sybase.so       \
> >            -L/opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib -lsybct -lsybcs -lsybtcl
> -lsybcomn
> > -lsybintl -lsybblk -ldl -lm    \
> >
> > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible
> /opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib/libsybct.so
> > when searching for -lsybct
> > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible
> /opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib/libsybct.a
> > when searching for -lsybct
> > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible
> /opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib/libsybct.so
> > when searching for -lsybct
> > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible
> /opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib/libsybct.a
> > when searching for -lsybct
> > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lsybct
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make: *** [blib/arch/auto/DBD/Sybase/Sybase.so] Error 1
> >   /usr/bin/make -j3 -- NOT OK
> > Running make test
> >   Can't test without successful make
> > Failed during this command:
> >   MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.08.tar.gz                  : make NO
> >
> > ################
> > (Although, it would be nice if the library incompatibility problems
> > mentioned below were solved...is it just some compiler switch I
> should
> > change/add?).
> >
> >
> > Michael Peppler wrote:
> >> I've just released DBD::Sybase 1.08 to CPAN. This a bug fix and
> >> performance enhancement release.
> >>
> >> I'd like to thank Tim Bunce for his help with this release.
> >>
> >> From the CHANGES file:
> >>
> >> Release 1.08
> >>
> >>     Detect missing libblk.a library, and disable the BLK api calls
> >>     if necessary.
> >>     Added code to force dlopen() to use RTLD_GLOBAL.
> >>     Corrected ct_option() functionality detection.
> >>     Fixed incorrect handling of bind_params() (Thanks to Tim
> Bunce).
> >>     Added serverType DSN parameter.
> >>     Added tds_keepalive DSN parameter.
> >>     Fixed incorrect handling of multiple result sets with DBI
> >>     1.53 and later.
> >>     Re-wrote $dbh->ping() in C, it's now four times faster.
> >>     Allow automated build without prompts.
> >>     Improved nsql().
> >>     Added corrected handling of DATE and TIME values (ASE 12.5.2
> and
> >> later).
> >>     Added handling of UNSIGNED INT and BIGINT (ASE 15 and later).
> >>     Added PERL_NO_GET_CONTEXT #define.
> >>
> >>         Bug Fixes
> >>
> >>     624 - Empty strings incorrectly passed as NULL.
> >>     616 - Spurious error message when the login request times out.
> >>     614 - Documentation improvement for syb_xxx methods.
> >>     610 - Segfault when using signals with the threaded libraries
> and
> >>           perl >= 5.8.
> >>
> >>
> >> As always, bug fixes, comments, etc. are welcome!
> >>
> >> Michael
> >
> >
> >
>


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