[mapguide-users] GCC installation

[larry white]

i have also run into a mysql/odbc compilation problem for the
genericRdbms provider.

here's the error message i'm referring to:
FdoRdbmsOdbcConnection.cpp:(.text+0x1c8f): undefined reference to
`SQLGetPrivateProfileString'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [UnitTestOdbc] Error 1

not sure if you're experiencing the same issue, but here's how i dealt
with it.

this problems relates to an extra odbc library that needs to be linked
in when compiling the unit tests.

to solve the problem, i modified the following file:
$source_code_dir/OpenSource_FDO/Providers/GenericRdbms/Src/UnitTest/Makefile.am

'-lodbc \' is on line 154.
however, in addition to -lodbc, there also needs to be '-lodbcinst \'
i just copy n paste line 154 and tack on 'inst', so it looks like the
following:

-lodbc \
-lodbcinst \

things should compile after making that change.

btw, i've found that if you make this change after you've already
attempted to compile, you still get an error.
so, it seems best to remove the existing GenericRdbms directory and
extract a new one from the tarball.



-- larry



Chris Gountanis wrote:
> You won't get much GCC help here if you are doing everything manually. Might
> want to hit a GCC newsgroup or IRC channel.
> 
> My 2Cents:
> When you install FC4 or better yet CentOS 4.5 (Redhat EL) just make sure you
> include the DEVELOPMENT TOOLS. This will give you almost everything you need
> to get things going. I have heard internally that RedHat Enterprise Linux 4
> Update 5 (CentOS 4.5) is fully supported. I hope 5 will be supported with
> the new GCC include soon. I had no issues at all compiling everything but
> the MySQL and UnixODBC FDO. As far as the server stuff it all is perfect.
> 
> 
> Follow the Linux documentation for more information:
> http://mapguide.osgeo.org/1.2/documentation.html
> 


-- 
larry white
Senior Systems Analyst
Neomatix Corporation
email: larz at neomatix.ca
url: www.neomatix.ca