Help needed : compilation on AIX 5.3 failed

[pcamelio]

I try to compile Zabbix on AIX 5.3 unsuccessfully
I got the following error msg at the link step:

Configure option I used :
configure --enable-server --enable-agent --with-mysql --with-net-snmp-5.2.2 --prefix=$HOME

Then I run Make
the compilation is OK but the link failed at the first step

...
Making all in zabbix_agent
...
gcc -static -g -O2 -o zabbix_agent zabbix_agent.o .....

collect2: ../libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a: not a COFF file
make: The error code from the last command is 1.

Any idea ?

[Alexei]

Seems like outdated version of GCC. Try to compile ZABBIX with AIX compiler by setting environment CC:

export CC=cc

[pcamelio]

So I need the IBM C compiler

but we did not have it, I just can use gcc provided by IBM:

gcc 3.3.2-5 for aix 5.3

...

I read in some threads in forum about pb between 32 bits and 64 bits
I tried to compile with -maix64 but I have got error msg for declaration variables in some c files ... stop to look in that direction

sniff sniff
I already used Zabbix on Linux, but I really loved use it on AIX 5.3 (p520)
Any others suggestions

[pcamelio]

I am downloading gcc 4.0.2

I let you know if I already have problem to compile

Regards

[pcamelio]

I still have the same pb with gcc 4.0.2

Any help is welcome

[Wookielnx]

I'm having the same problem. I've tried to dig into it a bit more. I'm using AIX 5.2 ML6 and I've tried both the IBM supplied gcc and the one from bull's freeware. Here is what I've been able to see also.

I get the following error first:
gcc -g -O2 -o zabbix_agent zabbix_agent.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/libzbxsysinfo2.a ../libs/zbxlog/libzbxlog.a
../libs/zbxcrypto/libzbxcrypto.a ../libs/zbxnet/libzbxnet.a ../libs/zbxconf/libzbxconf.a ../libs/zbxcommon/libzbxcommon.a -lnsl
collect2: ../libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a: not a COFF file

Then, if I run the collect2 and ld commands here is what I find:

[B]~#>[/B] [I]collect2 ./src/libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a [/I] 
collect2: ./src/libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a: not a COFF file
[B]~#>[/B] [I]collect2 -v[/I]
collect2 version 3.3.2
/usr/bin/ld -v
ld: 0706-030 No processing done.  Specify at least one
        input or import file or use at least one -b ex<n> option.
collect2: ld returned 255 exit status
[B]~#>[/B] [I]/usr/bin/ld ./src/libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a[/I]
ld: 0711-230 WARNING: Nested archives are not supported.
        Archive member ./src/libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a[libzbxcommon.a] is being ignored.
ld: 0711-230 WARNING: Nested archives are not supported.
        Archive member ./src/libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a[libzbxcrypto.a] is being ignored.
ld: 0711-327 WARNING: Entry point not found: __start
ld: 0711-244 ERROR: No csects or exported symbols have been saved.

I also read through all of the issues with AIX 4.3 and the "not a COFF file" errors. I've tried to "ar -g" the files (which changes them from big archives to small archives), and it doesn't do anything different.

I hope this helps get us closer to using this. I would really like to start monitoring all of my AIX boxes. Let me know if you want me try anything to get this going.

Chip

[Alexei]

There is pre-compiled ZABBIX agent for AIX 5.1. I'm not sure I have access to AIX 5.3 box to create an agent specially for 5.3.

[pcamelio]

Well, about the error in the compilation I tried with the gcc get from AIXPDSL
(http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu) with the same error

Unfortunately, I can't spend a lot of time to solve this problem.


About your answer Alexei, I did not try to build only the agent but Zabbix itself because I planned to install the Zabbix server on our AIX server in order to manage other AIX boxes and our network and W2K servers.

Anyway, it is already running on Debian box, and it is working fine for the network and Windows servers

Bye.

[crs9]

AIX agent

I'm current running the 1.1beta2 agent on AIX 5.1 and 1.1beta5 on my server. Will using the beta5 agent give me more items I can check against? If so, anyway we can get a pre-compiled beta5 agent since I'm have the same make issue as others?

Just started using this software and it looks pretty good so far.

Thanks

[clund]

Things work with IBM's c compiler ... I just compiled the agent on 5.3 using XLC.

If you don't have a license for XLC and only need it for this one thing then you can always download the free trial version ... I think they give you 30 or 60 days for free.

[pcamelio]

Thank you for the update

As soon as I got time, I'll try to download the C compiler and compile Zabbix

I let you know what I have done

Regards

[vendraminmauro]

Hi All,
I'm a system administrator on p595 machines (about 25 systems with AIX 5.3 ML03).
I tried to compile the server and the agent (with gcc-3.3.2-5) but I got the same results.
Did you tried to compile zabbix on AIX with XLC compiler ?
Any result ?

Regards.

Mauro

[KarmaPolice]

bump for having the same issue... anyone know a workaround?...

XLC isn't really an option... and i'm getting the "Empty String" error if i try and use the pre-compiled agent out on the site...

Any help?

[crs9]

Aix Snmp

Just FYI, I gave up on an agent for AIX and am just running the default AIX SNMP from my AIX boxes, 9 of them.

Good luck guys

[fmtaylor2]

Any clues yet

I installed the latest gcc. still getting that *&$^# not a COFF file error. If anyone has any ideas or a fix or something let me know. I am desperate to get this working on my AIX boxen