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@@ -1148,6 +1148,39 @@ you have some libraries under /usr/local/ and others under =back +=head2 Building DB, NDBM, and ODBM interfaces with Berkeley DB 3 + +Perl interface for DB3 is part of Berkeley DB, but if you want to +compile standard Perl DB/ODBM/NDBM interfaces, you must follow +following instructions. + +Berkeley DB3 from Sleepycat Software is by default installed without +DB1 compatibility code (needed for DB_File interface) and without +links to compatibility files. So if you want to use packages written +for DB/ODBM/NDBM interfaces, you need to configure DB3 with +--enable-compat185 (and optionally with --enable-dump185) and create +additional references (suppose you are installing DB3 with +--prefix=/usr): + + ln -s libdb-3.so /usr/lib/libdbm.so + ln -s libdb-3.so /usr/lib/libndbm.so + echo '#define DB_DBM_HSEARCH 1' >dbm.h + echo '#include <db.h>' >>dbm.h + install -m 0644 dbm.h /usr/include/dbm.h + install -m 0644 dbm.h /usr/include/ndbm.h + +Optionally, if you have compiled with --enable-compat185 (not needed +for ODBM/NDBM): + + ln -s libdb-3.so /usr/lib/libdb1.so + ln -s libdb-3.so /usr/lib/libdb.so + +ODBM emulation seems not to be perfect, but is quite usable, +using DB 3.1.17: + + lib/odbm.............FAILED at test 9 + Failed 1/64 tests, 98.44% okay + =head2 What if it doesn't work? If you run into problems, try some of the following ideas. |