On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Christian Meder wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 11:21:25PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I'm trying to compile a copy of 5.004_04 for sparc/slink. The catalyst > > for this is that I discovered that our current 5.004 doesn't have > > GDBM_file support compiled in. > > > > I succeeded eventually in compiling it (the hitch was an already open bug, > > that 5.004 doesn't compile with libc2.1-pre versions), but I've hit > > another snag: > > > > I also need the DB_File extension to work. Unfortunately, Perl won't build > > the DB_File extension against Berkeley DB version 2, only Berkeley DB > > version 1 - and AFAICS, we don't have a libc6 dev-package of Berkeley DB > > version 1. > > > > This is a slight mystery, since I don't see how the version currently *in* > > slink got compiled, since that does have db support.. > > > > Any thoughts? > > Yes. I compiled the current perl package. You've got to patch the configure > script to look for db_185.h instead of db.h. I thought I filed a bug report > and it was closed because it's fixed in the newer upstream release (potato). > I can't check my mails right now.
I don't see a bug report. Maybe it was closed ages ago. IMHO, it shouldn't have been closed - since it is making it hard for me to compile the slink version properly, so we can freeze. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
