That's called logical hell :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Cunningham [mailto:mike.cunningham@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 3:33 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Dependency hell with cURL and libiconv.a
We never have to recompile an RPG program because we added a field to a file. All RPG's access files via logicals and no logical is allowed to contain all fields by no listing any fields. 
Mike C 
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Olson
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 4:29 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Dependency hell with cURL and libiconv.a
Recompile is the name of the game in unix and IBM i land.
Change a file (like add a field) and your RPG program broke? Recompile.
What your experiencing is DLL hell, but with a unix flare.  They actually called it dependency hell on the unix side of things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_hell 
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Lavinder [mailto:mlavinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 3:00 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Dependency hell with cURL and libiconv.a
I have been playing on and off with getting several common Unix commands working on the system.  Many seem to be working, but I get this when I try to use cURL (which impacts many other commands and scripts):
exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program curl because of the following
errors:
     0509-022 Cannot load module
              /opt/freeware/lib/libidn.a(libidn.so.11).
     0509-150 Dependent module
              /usr/lib/libiconv.a(libiconv.so.2) could not be loaded.
     0509-152 Member libiconv.so.2 is not found in archive
     0509-022 Cannot load module curl.
     0509-150 Dependent module
              /opt/freeware/lib/libidn.a(libidn.so.11) could not be
              loaded.
     0509-022 Cannot load module.
What bothers me is I think this means that libidn.a is looking at /usr/lib for libiconv.a and is finding the wrong version.  I believe /usr/lib contains the libraries and dependencies provided by IBM, so I don't think I want to mess with any thing there.
What is the safest way to get libidn.a the right version of libiconv.a? 
  I want my cURL command to work without breaking stuff.  I sort of get Unix dependencies and such, but not well enough (yet) to know a way to fix this.  Every suggestion I see online from AIX gurus involves recompiling.
I hope there is an easier solution.
--
Matt
--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: 
http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at 
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: 
http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at 
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: 
http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at 
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.