Re: Linking problem on AIX 5.3

Hi Axel, thanks, noted and appreciated _but_ it is rather cumbersome to bypass all the administrative issues to give an account away (these are central machines deep behind firewalls). I hope our administrator will be able to solve this -I do not believe it is a problem of ROOT, I was just hoping that someone else has seen and bypassed this in AIX-, otherwise we will follow this suggestion. cheers, filimon

On 01/28/2011 10:58 AM, Axel Naumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As we always point out, both here and on the forum (e.g. search the
> forum for AIX): we wouldn't mind supporting AIX, but we do not have
> access to a machine. If you can give us access we'd be happy to fix the
> few AIX issues that have been introduced in ROOT since we lost access to
> an AIX machine. Without that access it's very difficult.
>
> Cheers, Axel.
>
> Filimon Roukoutakis wrote on 01/27/2011 06:47 PM:
>> Hi, maybe posting here is more visible to some user with such experience
>> than on the forum. With ROOT 5.00/08 (the newest one that builds
>> successfully on AIX 5.3) I get the following message
>>
>> fibm04:~/filimon/root/pro/bin> root.exe
>> dlopen error: Symbol resolution failed for
>> /home/daq/filimon/root/pro/lib/libGX11.a because:
>> Symbol XGetGCValues (number 362) is not exported from dependent
>> module /usr/lib/libX11.a(shr.o).
>> Symbol XIconifyWindow (number 363) is not exported from dependent
>> module /usr/lib/libX11.a(shr.o).
>> Symbol XSetWMNormalHints (number 364) is not exported from
>> dependent
>> module /usr/lib/libX11.a(shr.o).
>> Symbol XSetWMName (number 365) is not exported from dependent
>> module /usr/lib/libX11.a(shr.o).
>> Symbol XSetWMIconName (number 366) is not exported from dependent
>> module /usr/lib/libX11.a(shr.o).
>> Symbol XSetWMProtocols (number 367) is not exported from dependent
>> module /usr/lib/libX11.a(shr.o).
>> Examine .loader section symbols with the 'dump -Tv' command.
>> Load Error: Failed to load Dynamic link library
>> /home/daq/filimon/root/pro/lib/libGX11.a
>> *******************************************
>> * *
>> * W E L C O M E to R O O T *
>> * *
>> * Version 5.08/00b 24 January 2006 *
>> * *
>> * You are welcome to visit our Web site *
>> * http://root.cern.ch *
>> * *
>> *******************************************
>>
>> Compiled on 27 January 2011 for aix5.
>>
>> CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.16.5, November 30 2005
>> Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements.
>> Enclose multiple statements between { }.
>> *** Interpreter error recovered ***
>> root [0] .q
>>
>> Running dump -Tv on the mentioned symbols as well as some random ones
>> from the full listing gives the following
>>
>> fibm04:~> dump -Tv /usr/lib/libX11.a | grep XIconifyWindow
>> [583] 0x00020df4 .data EXP DS SECdef [noIMid]
>> XIconifyWindow
>> fibm04:~> dump -Tv /usr/lib/libX11.a | grep XGetGCValues
>> [501] 0x00020a1c .data EXP DS SECdef [noIMid]
>> XGetGCValues
>> fibm04:~> dump -Tv /usr/lib/libX11.a | grep XGetWMIconName
>> [533] 0x00020b9c .data EXP DS SECdef [noIMid]
>> XGetWMIconName
>> [515] 0x000076d4 .data EXP DS SECdef [noIMid]
>> XGetWMIconName
>> fibm04:~> dump -Tv /usr/lib/libX11.a | grep XDrawArcs
>> [419] 0x00020644 .data EXP DS SECdef [noIMid]
>> XDrawArcs
>> [149] 0x00006540 .data EXP DS SECdef [noIMid]
>> XDrawArcs
>>
>> The only difference I see is that the problematic symbols are only found
>> once. Anyone with experience on this platform to suggest some more
>> diagnostic tools (or a direct way to export these symbols by -for
>> example- repackaging the .a file somehow? Thanks,
>> filimon
>>