Re: 2.0.1 configure fails on FreeBSD, patch included

[Mark . Burgess]

But first you need to know where to look for it!! So far
I have seen three or four conventions for placing headers and
libraries.

M

On 22 Apr, Tim Auckland wrote:
> This may be a bit crude, but you could match header with library by
> grep-ing for the version string, eg:
> 
> $ egrep -i DB_VERSION_STRING /usr/include/db3/db.h   
> #define DB_VERSION_STRING       "Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 3.2.9:
> (January 24, 2001)"
> 
> $ grep 'Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 3.2.9: (January 24, 2001)'
> /usr/lib/libdb-3.2.so
> Binary file /usr/lib/libdb-3.2.so matches
> 
> Tim
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> To: Tim Auckland
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>> Subject: Re: 2.0.1 configure fails on FreeBSD, patch included
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>> 
>> 
>> The problem is not so much testing for the features as 
>> finding the libs which contain them and matching header file 
>> with library,
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> On 22 Apr, Tim Auckland wrote:
>> >> >> Anyone volunteering? I've enough other stuff to do...
>> >> >
>> >> > High on my TODO list for this week (No. 2 after 
>> something a little 
>> >> > more pressing).
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike.
>> >> 
>> >> Wonderful, that makes 3 people, I think. But note 
>> carefully, that not 
>> >> all of the distributed db libraries work, because 
>> sleepycat changed 
>> >> the API in version 3.x something. That is what makes this all so 
>> >> difficult.
>> > 
>> > Autoconf can test for most API features directly.  If you know what 
>> > features you depend on, you should just be able to scan all the 
>> > plausible library install locations and pick the first one 
>> that works, 
>> > and not worry about picking the *best* one.
>> > 
>> > Tim
>> > 
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