FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Chris Letcher wrote:
> I'm trying to install the perl module DBD::Sybase on a Fedora 10 i686 
> system.
> I've done the following successfully:
> # yum install freetds unixODBC
> # export=SYBASE=/usr/
> # perl Makefile.PL
> 
> The problem is when i run make, it fails, as posted below. Sorry for the
> 
> length. Do i need to apply: 
> http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/stable/cspublic.BLK_VERSION_150.patch
> 
> ?
> if so, how do I go about that exactly?

Yes, you need to apply that patch.  

Find your way to the FreeTDS source directory, such that this command
works:

$ grep '\$Id' include/cspublic.h 
static const char rcsid_cspublic_h[] = "$Id: cspublic.h,v 1.61 2008/09/08
17:50:25 jklowden Exp $";

Your ID will be different; it should match what's in the patch: 1.58.

Then "man patch" is your friend.  Like it says,

        usually just

        patch <patchfile

is all you need, as in:

        $ patch < /path/to/your/cspublic.BLK_VERSION_150.patch

Then build and install per usual.  

If you don't have a FreeTDS source directory because you installed a
binary package, that's OK.  The symbols defined in the patch are not used
by FreeTDS; and rebuilding isn't required.  You can apply the patch to the
file wherever it's installed.  DBD::Sybase should build thereafter.  

HTH. 

--jkl