Re: 5.10 build failure on Debian. For some reason, I think I ran into this problem when trying to build
bleadperl on Ubuntu with g++.  IIRC there where some problems with the
gdbm install on some debian version.  Either that or I have some odd
dreams at night.

Steve Peters
gsdsz@fisharerojo.org

On Nov 14, 2007 11:59 AM, David Cantrell  wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 05:28:41PM +0000, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:23:10 +0000, David Cantrell 
> > wrote:
> > >   $ locate libgdbm_compat
> > >   /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3
> > >   /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3.0.0
> > looks wrong to me. Does
> > # ln -s libgdbm_compat.so.3 /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so
> > `fix' it?
>
> Yes.  However, given that I've never messed around with libgdbm_compat
> (indeed, I didn't even know it was installed) I don't think this would
> be a good idea - plenty of other users will have the same problem and
> will just assume that perl 5.10 is broken.  There's a perfectly good
> libgdbm on the machine that could be used instead.  And when I build
> other versions of perl it *is* used instead.
>
> --
> David Cantrell | A machine for turning tea into grumpiness
>
> You can't spell "slaughter" without "laughter"
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