BSI Tax Factory 10.0x.4 compile issue

We're upgrading our BSI Tax Factory 10.0x.3 to 10.0x.4, using the same procedure we have used for years. The windows User Interface (UI) components installed fine. But were having problems with the LSF.

When attempting to compile and link the modules (cmptfxora10) we receive the following message:

$ cmptfxora10
Building tfxiface10 interface with Oracle 12.1.0 dynamic libraries:

Linking libtfxiface10.so.......
failed to link.
Please refer to /infor/law/system/cmptfxora10.log for details.

The details of cmptfxora10.log contain:

Wed Apr 21 14:43:12 CDT 2021
/usr/bin/ld: /apps/bsi10//libz.a(deflate.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/apps/bsi10/libz.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Tried to look in the KB, but no relevant matches.

We tried to re-download the LSF Components from BSI, but same result.

Anyone encounter the situation or have similar experience?

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asztudenyak

We are not doing the 10.0x.4 as it does not affect our state at all. (We routinely skip versions that have no changes that apply to us). We will go straight to the new 11.0 version in a few weeks.

unknown

BSI 11 will be decommissioned tomorrow. Will that be ok to wait for another few weeks to move to 11? By the way, lawson support just notified us this morning that they will put the fix of our issues into a new application patch. We are waiting for them to deliver this patch and test again.

bhillz

>>Will that be ok to wait for another few weeks to move to 11?

That’s a business decision based on Risk:

BSI generally releases regulatory bulletin weekly/biweekly/monthly as the need arises.

Do the bulletins they will release affect your employees? (Assuming that you are up-to-date on bulletins -- if not get there.)

How often does your payroll run?

How “accurate” do you want your tax withholding to be?

It is mid-year: does withholding need to be down to the penny accurate at this point of the year & for the next several weeks?

How likely that TF11.0d is stable and your tests will succeed?

How thoroughly do you test?

What’s your plan if you encounter problems with TF11?

What does your contract with BSI say?

What kind of support do you expect to need between now and . . . then . . . your install time & go-live.

What’s your risk level? For both your business, employees, and government.

All questions that only YOU can determine/gauge/assess.

Legally, (remember I’m not a lawyer), the BSI lawyers will likely answer: No.

But if you argue “good faith,” business need, common sense, and nobody’s life is endangered, your lawyers might answer: Maybe or Yes.

Or to play it safe, you could start the discussion with BSI for an extension of regulatory bulletin updates for TF10, or purchase the TF10 to TF11 bridge.

Sorry I don't have a crystal ball, but BSI is generally reliable and responsive. Knowing the options is sometimes the best advise. It's still your decision.

unknown

Thanks for sharing your insights. Totally agree!

bhillz

Follow-up on what solved the issue: We downloaded the correct version of the LSF Components for out particular installation. However there was a bad assembly which caused a problem in the libz.a. There were no code changes to libz.a from 10.0x.3 to 10.0x.4.

The solution was to use (e.g. copy) the previous version of libz.a from 10.0.x3 to our 10.0x.4 and continue with installation normally. The compile & link then completed successfully and testing proceeded normally.

Response was relatively quick from BSI. Glad it's was fixed before the 4/30 deadline.

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