XCOFF32 object files are not allowed in 64-bit mode while installing Crypt-SSLeay-0.65

I am installing a Perl package Crypt-SSLeay-0.65_02 in an AIX 6.1 system but while performing perl Makefile.PL getting the following error.

The test suite can attempt to connect to public servers to ensure that the
code is working properly. If you are behind a strict firewall or have no
network connectivity, these tests may fail (through no fault of the code).
Do you want to run the live tests (y/N)? [N] y
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Output from 'openssl version -a':
OpenSSL 1.0.0c 2 Dec 2010
built on: Tue Jan 21 13:39:08 PST 2014
platform: aix64-gcc
options:  bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,char) des(idx,cisc,2,long) idea(int) blowfish(idx)
compiler: gcc -DOPENSSL_THREADS -pthread -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -maix64 -O -
DB_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DAES_ASM
OPENSSLDIR: "/usr/local/ssl"
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gcc -I/usr/opt/perl5_64/lib/5.10.1/aix-64all/CORE -c -D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOU
RCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -DUSE_NATIVE_DLOPEN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/
include -maix64 -DUSE_64_BIT_ALL -O -o openssl-version.o openssl-version.c
gcc -Wl,-brtl -Wl,-bdynamic -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-b64 -o openssl-version openssl
-version.o


**ld: 0711-738 ERROR: Input file /lib/crt0.o:
        XCOFF32 object files are not allowed in 64-bit mode.
collect2: ld returned 8 exit status
Use of uninitialized value $_ in concatenation (.) or string at Makefile.PL line
41, <STDIN> line 1.
Failed to build and link a simple executable using OpenSSL:**

It seems crt0.o is 32 bit file but system is 64bit. So i tried compiling the source code for this file to 64 bit but it seems the source code is not available.

Is there any other workaround for this

Ajit Nair

Posted 2014-05-12T15:09:25.640

Reputation: 111

Hello! Have you resolved this issue? I have the same problem when compiling pkixshh (a fork of OpenSSH) – Ciges – 2020-01-28T09:55:06.833

Does AIX have multiarch libs? That is, is there a 32-bit subsystem available? Foe example, on Debian and Ubuntu, you can install ia32-libs package. See, for example, How do I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit Debian/Ubuntu?.

– jww – 2014-06-12T06:42:25.163

There is a 64bit file present in the system crt0_64.o in the same location but I don't know why during compilation it is not linking to it. When I manually linked 32bit crt0.o to 64bit crt0_64.o perl Makefile worked but this is not a solution. I want to know how I can directly link the Perl package to the 64bit file, which will resolve the issue I suppose. – Ajit Nair – 2014-06-12T10:14:25.703

XCOFF32 object files are not allowed in 64-bit mode while installing Crypt-SSLeay-0.65_02

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