Bug #5496: ext/bigdecimal build failure on HP-UX 11.23/IA, 11.31/IA

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: 1.9.2
• ruby -v: UNKNOWN

[twwlogin (The Written Word Inc)]

Building 1.9.2 with svn revision at 33531 produces an error while building ext/bigdecimal:
$ ./configure
...
$ gmake
...
gmake[1]: Leaving directory /opt/build/china/ruby-1.9.2/ext/-test-/string' compiling bigdecimal /opt/build/china/ruby-1.9.2/lib/mkmf.rb:368:in try_do': The complier failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from /opt/build/china/ruby-1.9.2/lib/mkmf.rb:446:in try_compile' from /opt/build/china/ruby-1.9.2/lib/mkmf.rb:496:in try_static_assert'
from /opt/build/china/ruby-1.9.2/ext/bigdecimal/extconf.rb:5:in <top (required)>' from ./ext/extmk.rb:156:in load'
from ./ext/extmk.rb:156:in extmake' from ./ext/extmk.rb:445:in block in '
from ./ext/extmk.rb:441:in each' from ./ext/extmk.rb:441:in '
gmake: *** [mkmain.sh] Error 1

[twwlogin (The Written Word Inc)]

• File patch patch added

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Feedback

The patch is not acceptable.
Please show the mkmf.log file.

[twwlogin (The Written Word Inc)]

Ok, thanks. Looking at mkmf.log reveals that --disable-rpath is the solution. -R isn't applicable to cc/ld on HP-UX. Please close.

[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

• Status changed from Feedback to Rejected