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@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ you can use the Configure command line option -Uusedl.
By default, Configure will offer to build every extension which appears
to be supported. For example, Configure will offer to build GDBM_File
only if it is able to find the gdbm library. (See examples below.)
-DynaLoader, Fcntl, FileHandle and IO are always built by default.
-Configure does not contain code to test for POSIX compliance, so POSIX
-is always built by default as well. If you wish to skip POSIX, you can
-set the Configure variable useposix=false either in a hint file or from
-the Configure command line. Similarly, the Opcode extension is always
-built by default, but you can skip it by setting the Configure variable
+DynaLoader, Fcntl, and IO are always built by default. Configure does
+not contain code to test for POSIX compliance, so POSIX is always built
+by default as well. If you wish to skip POSIX, you can set the
+Configure variable useposix=false either in a hint file or from the
+Configure command line. Similarly, the Opcode extension is always built
+by default, but you can skip it by setting the Configure variable
useopcode=false either in a hint file for from the command line.
Even if you do not have dynamic loading, you must still build the
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ to turn off each extension:
DB_File i_db
DynaLoader (Must always be included as a static extension)
Fcntl (Always included by default)
- FileHandle (Always included by default)
GDBM_File i_gdbm
IO (Always included by default)
NDBM_File i_ndbm
@@ -885,6 +884,11 @@ If you get syntax errors on '(', try -DCRIPPLED_CC.
Machines with half-implemented dbm routines will need to #undef I_ODBM
+db-recno failure on tests 51, 53 and 55: Old versions of the DB library
+(including the DB library which comes with FreeBSD 2.1) had broken
+handling of recno databases with modified bval settings. Upgrade your
+DB library or OS.
+
=back
=head1 make test