Re: lang/perl5 from -current fails to build on AIX 7.1

[Louis Guillaume <louis%zabrico.com@localhost>]

On 9/17/20 6:24 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 09:04:09AM -0400, Louis Guillaume wrote:
> > Once again I'm stuck with my AIX pkgsrc environment. This time it's with
> > lang/perl5. I really appreciate anyone reading on...
>
> Do you have a coredump?
>
> Joerg

I do! Thanks for the hint. Below is what gdb says. I guess here's the 
problem: I don't know if perl is looking for the wrong symbol name or if 
the symbol we're looking for isn't here (and should be).

--
Louis


# ar tv /usr/lib/libdl.a
rwxr-x---   300/300      646 Jun 26 19:24 2010 shr.o

But we're looking for shr_64.o


# pwd
/opt/pkg/obj/lang/perl5/work/perl-5.32.0
# gdb ./perl core
GNU gdb (GDB) 8.1.1

.....

Reading symbols from ./perl...done.

warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
BFD: BFD (GNU Binutils) 2.29.51 assertion fail format.c:453

warning: "/usr/lib/libdl.a": member "shr_64.o" missing.
BFD: BFD (GNU Binutils) 2.29.51 assertion fail format.c:453

warning: "/usr/lib/libbind.a": member "shr_64.o" missing.

warning: Could not load shared library symbols for 2 libraries, e.g. 
/usr/lib/libdl.a(shr_64.o).
Use the "info sharedlibrary" command to see the complete listing.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[New Thread 1]
Core was generated by `perl'.
Program terminated with signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
#0  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

(gdb) info sharedlibrary
From                To                  Syms Read   Shared Object Library
0x09fffffff0001000  0x09fffffff000fa7e  Yes (*)     /usr/ccs/bin/usla64
0x090000000eea3240  0x090000000eea6f44  Yes         lib/auto/Cwd/Cwd.so
0x0900000010aff000  0x0900000010b36ce0  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libC.a(ansicore_64.o)
0x09000000105abe00  0x0900000010611715  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libC.a(shrcore_64.o)
0x0900000000473680  0x0900000000473e46  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libc.a(pse_64.o)
                                        No 
/usr/lib/libdl.a(shr_64.o)
                                        No 
/usr/lib/libbind.a(shr_64.o)
0x0900000010ae69f0  0x0900000010afd939  Yes 
/opt/freeware/lib/gcc/powerpc-ibm-aix7.1.0.0/8.3.0/ppc64/libgcc_s.a(shr.o)
0x090000000104f818  0x090000000105006c  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libC.a(shr2_64.o)
0x090000000339a9f8  0x090000000339b233  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libC.a(shr3_64.o)
0x0900000000c7d200  0x0900000000c8767e  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libtli.a(shr_64.o)
0x09000000004de580  0x09000000004e2deb  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libthread.a(shr_64.o)
0x0900000000470600  0x0900000000470f43  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libcrypt.a(shr_64.o)
0x0900000014960300  0x0900000014d0f12c  Yes (*) 
/opt/pkg/obj/lang/perl5/work/perl-5.32.0/libperl.a(libperl.o)
0x090000000235cd80  0x09000000023fe10c  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libnsl.a(shr_64.o)
0x090000000051a200  0x090000000055cc17  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5_64.o)
0x0900000000000780  0x090000000044acff  Yes (*) 
/usr/lib/libc.a(shr_64.o)
(*): Shared library is missing debugging information.
(gdb)