Sam Varshavchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sigmund Gudvangen writes: > >> I am attemting to install courier-imap for use with qmail (on Red Hat 8.0). >> However, I am encountering an error message related to gdbm when running "make >> check": >> I have installed gdbm om /usr/local/lib > > Whatever could possibly posess you to do something like that? > > Red Hat 8.0 already comes with a perfectly usable GDBM RPM. > > Name : gdbm-devel Relocations: (not relocateable) > Version : 1.8.0 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. > Release : 18 Build Date: Wed 24 Jul 2002 > 04:29:38 PM EDT
Leaving ldconfig issues at installation time aside -- what do you think is "perfectly usable"? What locking code do Red Hat configure for gdbm-devel? And looking at the gdbm-1.8.3/NEWS file doesn't let gdbm-1.8.0 look exactly trustworthy. So the OP (original poster) who is using a more recent gdbm-1.8.x version (as you can tell from the shared object version being 3 rather than 2 as it is in 1.8.0) has likely good reason to go for the newer version. Note though that the GNU decision to bump the major library version along with the PATCHLEVEL component of their package was very unwise. They should've bumped gdbm to 2.0.0 instead. | CHANGES from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2 | 1. Allow `NEWDB'-opened databases to actually, well, store records. | | CHANGES from 1.8 to 1.8.1 | 1. Lots of bug fixes, including a data corruption bug. | 2. Updated to current autoconf and libtool. | 3. Moved the dbm/ndbm compatibility routines to libgdbm_compat. SuSE for instance have somewhen between 7.0 and 8.1 switched from fcntl (which used to work across NFS) to flock (which does not work across NFS). Offering and/or using such code in gdbm without need is not exactly perfect. -- Matthias Andree ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
