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[brian AT bruns.com]

Jim, Kevin

I had this problem on mdbtools...didn't think that I should have
investigated it under FreeTDS.  Here is my configure.in lines for
mdbtools for consideration in FreeTDS:

--begin--
OLDLDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
                                                                      
         
AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses,initscr,[
    READLINE_LIBS="$READLINE_LIBS -lncurses"
    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lncurses"
    ],[])
                                                                      
         
AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, add_history, [
    READLINE_LIBS="$READLINE_LIBS -lreadline"
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_READLINE,1,[ ])
    ],[])
                                                                      
         
LDFLAGS=$OLDLDFLAGS
                                                                      
         
AC_SUBST(READLINE_LIBS)
--end--

I lifted these from somewhere, I now forget where.  Curiously, I
haven't had any problems with people having curses not ncurses yet.
Maybe straight curses should be checked too.

Brian

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:51:41 -0700, "kevin bartz" wrote:

> 
> Hi James! Thanks for your reply and for all your help. I have to go
> home
> from work now, but I'll be back on Monday and try out some of your
> tips! I'm
> looking forward to it! I'll get back to you then about what happens.
> Thanks
> and enjoy your weekend,
> 
> Kevin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James K.
Lowden
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 5:50 PM
> To: FreeTDS Development Group
> Subject: Re: [freetds] tsql problem
> 
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 <kbartz AT loyaltymatrix.com> wrote:
> > Hi James! 
> 
> Hi Kevin, 
> 
> > Thanks for your help. I learned quite a bit from your response,
> > and am now a bit more comfortable with my runtime linker! I
thought I
> > would let you know what happened when I ran the commands you
> suggested.
> > First,
> > 
> > kevin@redtail:~/test> readelf -d `which tsql` |sed -ne1,/rpath/p
> > 
> > Dynamic segment at offset 0x3428 contains 22 entries:
> >   Tag        Type                         Name/Value
> >  0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library:
> >  [libreadline.so.4] 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared
> >  library: [libtds.so.3] 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)            
> Shared
> >  library: [libc.so.6] 0x000000000000000c (INIT)              
> 0x4014f8
> 
> Well, there's a surprise.  Recall mine:
> 
> >   Tag        Type                         Name/Value
> >  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> >  [libcurses.so.5] 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared
> >  library: [libtds.so.3] 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                    
> Shared
> >  library: [libc.so.12] 0x0000000f (RPATH)                     
> Library
> >  rpath: [/usr/local/lib]
> 
> tsql on your system is linking in libreadline, but on mine it's
> linking in
> libcurses.  How about them apples?  (My ldd(1) also says it wants
> libcurses.)
> 
> The job of untangling which to use belongs to configure.  On my
system:
> 
> $ grep READLINE build/config.log 
> READLINE_LIBS='-lcurses '
> 
> Bet yours doesn't say that.  I wonder if it should?  
> 
> Looking at configure, it's testing for tgetent(3), looking in
readline,
> ncurses, curses, and termcap, in that order.  It would seem your
> (newer?)
> readline has that function.  The order of preference is controlled by
> configure.in, a file that belongs to FreeTDS.  If the test is
> outmoded, we
> could fix it.  
> 
> > kevin@redtail:~/test> nm /usr/local/lib/libreadline.so.4 |grep BC
> >                  U abort@@GLIBC_2.2.5
> >                  U access@@GLIBC_2.2.5
> >                  U BC
> >                  U closedir@@GLIBC_2.2.5
> > 
> > Does this mean anything?
> 
> Yes.  It means your linker isn't schizophrenic: nm is telling you BC
is
> undefined in readline, which is what ld.so complained about, too. 
> ("info
> nm" and search for [`U'] without the brackets.)  
> 
> What to do?  I'm not sure.  First, I'd use nm to see if your regular
> ncurses defines BC, like mine does, and I'd double check that it
> doesn't
> define tgetent(3).  If those things are both true, you need to link
in
> both libraries to get tsql to work.  If you kept a log of the "make"
> output (or rerun it), you'll see the command line that linked tsql. 
> Situate yourself in the right directory, modify the command to
include
> the
> extra library, and go home happy.  
> 
> (Assuming quite a few things, of course.)  ;-)
> 
> If that actually works, please say so.  I don't know what the right
> remedy
> is, but if that -- missing ncurses for 64-bit Suse in tsql -- is the
> actual problem, I'd like to see it fixed, so it compiles
out-of-the-box
> next time.  
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> --jkl
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James K.
> Lowden
> > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 3:44 PM
> > To: FreeTDS Development Group
> > Subject: Re: [freetds] tsql problem
> > 
> > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, "kevin bartz" <kbartz AT loyaltymatrix.com>
wrote:
> > > ldd gives
> > > 
> > > kevin@redtail:~/test> ldd /usr/local/bin/tsql
> > > 
> > >         libreadline.so.4 => /usr/local/lib/libreadline.so.4
> > >         libtds.so.3 => not found
> > >         libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6
> > 
> > You want to understand your runtime linker a little better, not
that
> > that's everyone's favorite pasttime. 
> > 
> > And ELF binary can incorporate runtime link paths.  I'm curious,
what
> > does your machine show for this:
> > 
> > $ readelf -d `which tsql` |sed -ne1,/rpath/p
> > 
> > Dynamic segment at offset 0x2e6c contains 20 entries:
> >   Tag        Type                         Name/Value
> >  0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library:
> >  [libcurses.so.5] 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared
> >  library: [libtds.so.3] 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                    
> Shared
> >  library: [libc.so.12] 0x0000000f (RPATH)                     
> Library
> >  rpath: [/usr/local/lib]
> > 
> > (ISTR Linux systems often don't use the RPATH entry.  I guess it
> would
> > be set by libtool.)
> > 
> > Regarding readline, 
> > 
> > $ nm /usr/pkg/lib/libreadline.so.4 |grep BC
> > 00028ebc B BC
> > 
> > On my system, libreadline.so.4 points to libreadline.so.4.3. 
Yours?
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