DBD-Oracle 1.74 install with Oracle Client 12.1.0.2

Question

System environment is: OS: AIX 7.1 TL3 SP5 Perl: 5.22.0 with DBI 1.633 gcc: 4.8.3 Oracle: Client 12.1.0.2.3 (Administrator install)

Running make stops on this error: gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-bI:/usr/lib/iocp.exp'

Originally, client 12.1.0.1.7 was installed, I was able to install DBD-Oracle with that version, but not with the new update.

When installing the new client, I had to enable iocp (I/O Completion Ports) in AIX in order to install it. That seems to be what gcc is complaining about.

Has anyone had any luck with this version of Oracle client/DBD-Oracle?

Answer 1

Well, -bI:/usr/lib/iocp.exp is an option for the linker, not for gcc; edit the script/Makefile in question, change it to -Wl,-bI:/usr/lib/iocp.exp

Answer 2

That did it, there were 2 places in the Makefile that needed the change. There were other places in the file that I saw the -Wl,-bI but for some reason not on the iocp lines.

Thank you for your help.