Native Compiling error

Question

We are getting the following error when trying to compile a procedure as NATIVE:
PLS-00923: native compilation failed: make:spdtexmk:?
We set the following parameters:
plsql_native_make_utility     /usr/bin/make
plsql_native_make_file_name /local/bin/oracle/9.2/plsql/spnc_makefile.mk
plsql_native_library_dir /local/bin/oracle/9.2/plsql/lib/
and plsql_compiler_flags=native
The make utility can be envoked and all utilities used in spnc_makefile.mk (ld, nm, cc) can be envoked as well.
All directories exist.
We are running 9.2.0.5 64bit on AIX5.2
Anyone?

Answer 1

The basic problem is that Borland C and VC++ define some things differently, and the header files are geared to VC++.
The way I got around this is to make some adjustments to my C code to impose the Borland definitions in place of the VC++ definitions. I do this creating a .h file that
o Includes my definitions.
o Includes jni.h
I then #include my .h file instead of directly including jni.h. That way, I don't need to change jni.h or jni.md.h
Here is roughly what it looks like. (Can't give you the exact code - the files are proprietary and include a lot not-relevant stuff.)
If you run into troubles with some files compiling, and some not, then I suggest you move some of the macro redefinitions to a .cpp file, and just # include that into your own .cpp file.
(file shell.h)
#ifndef ShellH
#define ShellH
// This file is used to make Borland-specific settings.
// Normal kinds of stuff.
#define WIN32
#define HAS_BOOL
// Suppress dll code.
#ifdef jdecl
#undef jdecl
#endif
#define jdecl
// Borland has seen fit to specially-define toString();
#ifdef toString
#undef toString
#endif
#define toString jToString
// Define functions and constants per Borland (vs Microsoft).
#define _chdir chdir
#define _cwd cwd
//#define _getcwd getcwd
#define _getpid getpid
//#define _stat stat
#define SHDENYWR SH_DENYWR
#include "jni.h"
#endif