Re: Perl gdbm support

[Jens Rehsack <rehsack%googlemail.com@localhost>]

2010/8/16 Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>:
> It appears to me that pkgsrc Perl is built without gdbm sopport, i.e., lacks 
> GDBM_File.
>
> I tried to add an option to the pkgsrc Makefile:
>
> .if !empty(PKG_OPTIONS:Mgdbm)
> .include "../../databases/gdbm/buildlink3.mk"
> LIBSWANTED+=  gdbm
> .endif
>
> as without the LIBSWANTED line it doesn't find gdbm_open but with it it fails 
> with:
>
> Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency...
> I've tried to compile and run the following simple program:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main() { printf("Ok\n"); return(0); }
>
> I used the command:
>
>        cc -o try -O2 -pthread -I/usr/include -I/usr/pkg/include 
> -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/pkg/include 
> -fstack-protector -L/usr/pkg/lib try.c -lm -lcrypt -lgdbm -lpthread
>         ./try
>
> and I got the following output:
>
> Shared object "libgdbm.so.3" not found
> The program compiled OK, but exited with status 1.
> You have a problem.  Shall I abort Configure [y]
> Ok.  Stopping Configure.
>

After the perl5.12.1 update is done, I try to find a timeframe to
update databases/p5-gdbm using lang/perl5.
Currently it might be hard to get it working ;)

/Jens