Re: "databases/db5" build fails on -current/sparc?

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%consolidated.net@localhost>]

On Tue, 23 Jun 2026, John D. Baker wrote:

> Attempting to build "databases/db5" on -current sparc (11.99.6 as of 17
> June 2026) fails during the configure phase with:
> 
> [...]
> checking for socklen_t... yes
> checking for ANSI C exit success/failure values... yes
> checking for getopt optreset variable... yes
> checking for mutexes... UNIX/fcntl
> configure: error: Support for FCNTL mutexes was removed in BDB 4.8.

Despite the above statement, "databases/db4" (4.8.30) completed the
configure phase and is presently building on -current/sparc.

If it succeeds, then packages that depend on one of db4 or db5 (mutt,
openldap-server, netatalk4, etc.) on -current (GCC14+) won't have any
issues since the default BDB_DEFAULT=db4.

(Since mutt, openldap-server, and netatalk* all claim to accept either
db4 or db5, I've been setting BDB_DEFAULT=db5 for as long as I've been
building them.  I'll revert to the default db4 for the present -current.)

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