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Re: db question and portability.h patch
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> > Anyway, the autoconf(ig) isn't very good at finding
> > things automatically when they are in abnormal positions.
> > "abnormal" in this context is /usr/local/ instead
> > of /usr/ ... How many alternate trees should be
> > supported automatically, and when to add one more
> > --with-bsd-db-include=
> > --with-bsd-db-lib=
> > or some such ?
>
> Well, the problem appears to be a bit more subtle than I originally
> thought - I copied the db.h file to /usr/include just for kicks and the
> configure script still doesn't find it! I had to mangle the db.h file a
> little bit to get db-1.8.5 to compile with gcc-2.7.2.2 (problem with a new
> int_types.h file - actually, I get warnings about it when compiling
> zmailer too but no errors), but not too seriously. What can I do here?
The autoconfig tests to do several linkings too to verify
that proper library is available.
Location for libdb.a/libdb.so is propably: /lib
Browsing thru config.log should tell you what did happen
during the configuration process.
> - donald
/Matti Aarnio -- wishing you good morning