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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