Re: db3 build probs.

On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:39:31PM -0500, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> Kevin Pilch-Bisson <kevin@pilch-bisson.net> writes:
>
> > > /usr/libexec/elf/ld: cannot find -ldb-3.3
> > >
> > > I need a serious clue here. Shouldn't it be looking for -ldb3? or
> > > -ldb?
> >
> > Which version of db are you using. On my linux box, with db-3.3.11
> > in tree, the only library which gets created at compile time is
> > libdb-3.3.la. The rest get made at install time. That's why I made
> > that change, because I couldn't build with db in tree unless the
> > line was specifically -L.../db/dist/.libs -ldb-3.3
>
> I have 3.3.11 unpacked in my tree, renamed to db/. It's been working
> fine until your commit. :-(
>
> In svn/trunk/db/dist/, I have a libdb.a sitting there. I only build
> statically (--disable-shared), so my dist/.libs/ is empty.

Damn, never thought of --disable-shared.

>
> What do we need to change?
>

Not sure. I was thinking of the following patch, but it doesn't work with
shared libs (it might get you building again in the meantime though).

Index: ac-helpers/berkeley-db.m4
===================================================================
--- ac-helpers/SVN/text-base/berkeley-db.m4 Tue Sep 4 11:21:16 2001
+++ ac-helpers/berkeley-db.m4 Tue Sep 4 15:41:15 2001
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@
     # Use the include and lib files in the build dir.
     dbdir=`cd db/dist ; pwd`
         SVN_DB_INCLUDES="-I$dbdir"
- # Note that once we upgrade to libtool 1.4 this should be changed to
- # SVN_DB_LIBS="$dbdir/libdb-3.3.la"
- SVN_DB_LIBS="-L$dbdir/.libs -ldb-3.3"
+ SVN_DB_LIBS="$dbdir/libdb-3.3.la
     svn_lib_berkeley_db=yes
   elif test "$status" = "skip"; then
     svn_lib_berkeley_db=no

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