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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-08-30 09:56:38 +0300 |
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| committer | Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> | 2002-08-30 02:59:31 +0000 |
| commit | cfc8a8024406f6fb9714bbb00f3199af53485a87 (patch) | |
| tree | dd8c9d2606ba967b1b64ed6d0c2950d738f9b634 /README.tru64 | |
| parent | 6d2407214c09718464a831e5b3807f0d68a337cd (diff) | |
| download | perl-cfc8a8024406f6fb9714bbb00f3199af53485a87.tar.gz | |
Tru64 vs Berkeley DB
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diff --git a/README.tru64 b/README.tru64 index 877872c35e..ab21fe0ab0 100644 --- a/README.tru64 +++ b/README.tru64 @@ -63,6 +63,24 @@ patch is expected sometime after perl 5.8.0 is released. If your libc has not yet been patched, you'll get a warning from Configure when selecting long doubles. +=head2 db-hash.t failing on Tru64 + +The Berkeley DB 1.85 coming with the Tru64 is unfortunately buggy. +In general in Tru64 V4.* it seemed to be more stable, but in V5.* +something broke (even though the DB stayed at release 1.85) and +the DB_File extension test db-hash.t may fail by dumping core after +the subtest 21. There really is no good cure as of Tru64 V5.1A expect +installing a newer Berkeley DB and supplying the right directories for +-Dlocincpth=/some/include and -Dloclibpth=/some/lib when running Configure. + +You can also work around the problem by disabling the DB_File by +specifying -Ui_db to Configure, and then using the BerkeleyFile module +from CPAN instead of DB_File. The BerkeleyFile works with Berkeley DB +versions 2.* or greater. + +The Berkeley DB 4.0.14 has been tested with Tru64 V5.1A and found +to work. The latest Berkeley DB can be found from F<http://www.sleepycat.com>. + =head2 64-bit Perl on Tru64 In Tru64 Perl's integers are automatically 64-bit wide, there is |