[perl #25275] library switch recognition problem possibly

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This is a bug report for perl from warren.dodge@tektronix.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.34 running under perl v5.8.3.


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I am trying to load the "GD" module into perl5.8.3 
I have build the gd application in a non-standard place.
When I do the make test it fails because the libgd.so is not found.

On linux you can't seem to use the -R/libpath switch so I am adding
-Wl,-rpath -Wl,/tools/perl5.8.3/support/lib  instead.

The perl Makefile.PL step has these messages.
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perl Makefile.PL

NOTICE: This module requires libgd 2.0.12 or higher.
        it will NOT work with earlier versions.
        See www.cpan.org for versions of GD that are compatible
        with earlier versions of libgd.

        If you are using Math::Trig 1.01 or lower, it has a bug that
        causes a "prerequisite not found" warning to be issued.  You may
        safely ignore this warning.

Type perl Makefile.PL -h for command-line option summary

Where is libgd installed? [/usr/lib] /tools/perl5.8.3/support/lib

Please choose the features that match how libgd was built:
Build JPEG support? [y] 
Build FreeType support? [y] 
Build XPM support? [y] 

If you experience compile problems, please check the @INC, @LIBPATH and @LIBS
arrays defined in Makefile.PL and manually adjust, if necessary.

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good



Unrecognized argument in LIBS ignored: '-Wl,-rpath'
Unrecognized argument in LIBS ignored: '-Wl,/tools/perl5.8.3/support/lib'
Writing Makefile for GD


It seems it should recognize these switches as legal LIBS switches.

I assume this is in the main portion of perl.


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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl v5.8.3:

Configured by warrend at Fri Jan 23 16:16:51 PST 2004.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 3) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21-4.elhugemem, archname=i686-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux tekcs22 2.4.21-4.elhugemem #1 smp fri oct 3 17:31:20 edt 2003 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Dmksymlinks -Dprefix=/tools/perl5.8.3'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -fno-strict-aliasing -I/tools/perl5.8.3/support/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -fno-strict-aliasing -I/tools/perl5.8.3/support/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.3.2', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags =''
    libpth=/lib /usr/lib /tools/perl5.8.3/support/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.3.2'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.8.3:
    /tools/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3/i686-linux-thread-multi
    /tools/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3
    /tools/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/i686-linux-thread-multi
    /tools/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3
    /tools/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.8.3:
    HOME=/login/warrend/lxhome
    LANG=C
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LANGVAR=en_US.UTF-8
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/stdapps/lsf/2.4.21/bin:/stdapps/lsf/local/bin:/stdapps/lsf/2.4.21/bin:/stdapps/lsf/local/bin:/tools/gcc-3.3.2/bin:/tools/perl5.8.3/bin:/tools/gnuplot-3.8j.0/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/tcsh

• [perl #25275] library switch recognition problem possibly by Warren Dodge
• Re: [perl #25275] library switch recognition problem possibly by Michael G Schwern