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I am building perl 5.30 from source code. I successfully build perl. Now i am trying to build DBD::Informix with my perl. All the esql test compiled successfully but its failing when going for library.

perl Makefile.pl

The error which i am facing on console is "

Determining which Informix libraries etc to use... MZÉ$@: not found £èE°êE°δèM°Ç┴êM°δδ¡╢ò≥√  ╢äΦ·  ïMïü╞╟à⌠√  ╕╟ñäG╟¿äGí╝⌐F╕╟î║G╟î║G╟î║G╟⌠çG╕çφïM∞╛QëUⁿïE⌠QïR ╨┌GtBïM∞╛QâΓâ·t3ïE∞╛Hâßâ∙t$ïU∞╛BâαthLâ∙: not found jh₧%  Φî╧  âδïUΦâΩ: not found"

The code which giving error is : 

"my $esqlscript = (-f $esql) ? $esql : "$ID/bin/esql";
my $libs = `$Perl -pe 's/^\\s*exec/echo/' $esqlscript | sh -s -- -o pseudonym $esqlc_flags dbd::ix.o`    || die "Couldn't execute $esqlscript to determine the ESQL/C libraries\n";

Note: I am using Informix client SDK 3.50."

Any help would be appreciable.Thanks

Qtdesigner
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  • Are you on a windows machine? – Håkon Hægland Aug 01 '19 at 12:58
  • I think the Makefile.PL script automatically checks for a valid Informix environment, but just in case, I suggest to check that your esql works before trying to use it. Try something like "esql esqlbasic.ec" – jsagrera Aug 01 '19 at 13:30
  • Thanks for the suggestion. This esql esqlbasic.ec works on my env. – Qtdesigner Aug 01 '19 at 14:02
  • @HåkonHægland yes i am on windows – Qtdesigner Aug 01 '19 at 14:03
  • hmmm.. for what I see in the source, support for Windows was removed in the latest versions. which version are you trying? 2015.1101 or below? – jsagrera Aug 01 '19 at 14:17
  • As the author ("Guardian" in my signature blocks) of DBD::Informix, I can tell you that it did once more or less work on Windows NT platforms back in the day — the day being circa 2002 when NT was still more or less appropriate as the designator (XP was the new kid on the block). Since then, it has not reliably been maintained on Windows — though I've done nothing to proactively break support. So, you are on a journey of investigation. Can we safely assume you're using DBD::Informix 2018.1031? We should probably take this discussion to email — the official support channel for DBD::Informix. – Jonathan Leffler Aug 02 '19 at 00:47

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