[Fwd: Re: Building on FreeBSD 3.2]

[Fwd: Re: Building on FreeBSD 3.2]

[Chip Olson]

Ben Elliston wrote:

> Why are you trying to use the Linux compatibility?  Why not try and compile
> the whole package to run natively on FreeBSD?  If that's the case, where do
> you normally link dl_open() from?

Why, that's an excellent idea. (The answer to your question is "because I
don't know what part of this is Linux-specific and what isn't"). As it
turns out, dlopen() in FreeBSD is in libc rather than in its own library,
so I took the -ldl off of the line in the config script. Now it doesn't
complain about that when I run configure, but I'm still getting the same
error when I try to build, and a check of config.log reveals a number of
similar issues (i.e. trying to link in libraries that don't exist in
FreeBSD). I'd think that, if this is a standard Tcl distribution, it'd be
set up to deal with FreeBSD as well as Linux, so I'm not quite sure what's
going on here. 

At this point, I'm not sure if the issue lies with SN, the 3rd-party
modules it includes, FreeBSD, or my setup. But I *MASSIVELY* appreciate
everyone's help.

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Re: [Fwd: Re: Building on FreeBSD 3.2]

[Ben Elliston]

Hi Chip,

   turns out, dlopen() in FreeBSD is in libc rather than in its own
   library, so I took the -ldl off of the line in the config script. Now
   it doesn't complain about that when I run configure, but I'm still
   getting the same error when I try to build, and a check of config.log
   reveals a number of similar issues (i.e. trying to link in libraries
   that don't exist in FreeBSD). I'd think that, if this is a standard
   Tcl distribution, it'd be set up to deal with FreeBSD as well as
   Linux, so I'm not quite sure what's going on here.

OK -- let's tackle this from the beginning.  If you configure the entire
tree, what breaks first?  Do you know why?  Can you send more details? I'm
prepared to help you nut through it.

Cheers, Ben