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From: contrib@iso.estec.nl (contrib (AM Davidson))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: libc.a error when linking perl3.0 on HP-UX 3.10
Summary: Known problem: here's the fix
Keywords: libc link perl conditional branch out-of-range
Message-ID: <1322@iso.estec.nl>
Date: 9 Nov 89 16:53:38 GMT
References: <127@geysir.os.is>
Organization: ISO Project, Estec, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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In article <127@geysir.os.is> eik@os.is (Einar Kjartansson) writes:
>Whe I try to make perl version 3.0, patch level 1, I get the following
>output. I tried this also telling perl to use its onw malloc, it made no
>difference. This looks like an error in the hp-ux library.
>The system is hp-ux 3.10 running on a HP 9000/825.
>
>	cc   array.o cmd.o cons.o consarg.o doarg.o doio.o dolist.o dump.o 
>eval.o form.o hash.o malloc.o perly.o regcomp.o regexec.o stab.o str.o 
>toke.o util.o perl.o -lm -ldbm    -o perl
>/bin/ld: Target of conditional branch is out of range
>   Reference from:  /lib/libc.a(syscall.o)(0x3c)
>/bin/ld: Invalid fixups exist
>*** Error code 1
>
>Stop.
>-- 
>  Einar Kjartansson                           | eik@os.is

I had the same problem (on an 840) and called the local support centre - they
were very helpful and acknowledged that it is a bug (fixed in HPUX 7.0).
The good news is that there is a work around.

Do the following:

	ar xv /lib/libc.a cerror.o syscall.o

to extract the offending routines. Now patch them in with the rest of the
.o files and link directly, viz:

	ld /lib/crt0.o   array.o cmd.o cons.o consarg.o doarg.o doio.o \
		dolist.o dump.o eval.o form.o hash.o perly.o regcomp.o \
		regexec.o stab.o str.o toke.o util.o perl.o \
		cerror.o syscall.o \
		-lm -ldbm   \
		-lc \
		-o perl

You'll have to do the same trick with the link of taintperl.

Oh BTW, don't use Perl's own malloc - it'll go crazy.

Murray.

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