In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/e8b9ce6006d3ecb2b02af04e4406ccb4294e728c?hp=50255d58c0706bb8dc18d9013e1541619334546f>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit e8b9ce6006d3ecb2b02af04e4406ccb4294e728c Author: Andy Dougherty <[email protected]> Date: Fri Jun 5 12:20:48 2009 -0400 [perl #9328] Update INSTALL example for BerkeleyDB install ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: INSTALL | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 004dcce..147acd2 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -970,34 +970,36 @@ Again, this should all happen automatically. This should also work if you have gdbm installed in any of (/usr/local, /opt/local, /usr/gnu, /opt/gnu, /usr/GNU, or /opt/GNU). -=item gdbm in /usr/you - -Suppose you have gdbm installed in some place other than /usr/local, -but you still want Configure to find it. To be specific, assume you -have /usr/you/include/gdbm.h and /usr/you/lib/libgdbm.a. You -still have to add -I/usr/you/include to cc flags, but you have to take -an extra step to help Configure find libgdbm.a. Specifically, when -Configure prompts you for library directories, you have to add -/usr/you/lib to the list. - -It is possible to specify this from the command line too (all on one +=item BerkeleyDB in /usr/local/BerkeleyDB + +The version of BerkeleyDB distributed by sleepycat.com installs in a +version-specific directory by default, typically something like +/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7. To have Configure find that, you need to add +-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/include to cc flags, as in the previous example, +and you will also have to take extra steps to help Configure find -ldb. +Specifically, when Configure prompts you for library directories, +add /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/lib to the list. Also, you will need to +add appropriate linker flags to tell the runtime linker where to find the +BerkeleyDB shared libraries. + +It is possible to specify this from the command line (all on one line): sh Configure -de \ - -Dlocincpth="/usr/you/include" \ - -Dloclibpth="/usr/you/lib" + -Dlocincpth='/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/include /usr/local/include' \ + -Dloclibpth='/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/lib /usr/local/lib' \ + -Aldflags='-R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/lib' locincpth is a space-separated list of include directories to search. Configure will automatically add the appropriate -I directives. loclibpth is a space-separated list of library directories to search. -Configure will automatically add the appropriate -L directives. If -you have some libraries under /usr/local/ and others under -/usr/you, then you have to include both, namely +Configure will automatically add the appropriate -L directives. - sh Configure -de \ - -Dlocincpth="/usr/you/include /usr/local/include" \ - -Dloclibpth="/usr/you/lib /usr/local/lib" +The addition to ldflags is so that the dynamic linker knows where to find +the BerkeleyDB libraries. For Linux and Solaris, the -R option does that. +Other systems may use different flags. Use the appropriate flag for your +system. =back -- Perl5 Master Repository
