[perl #71680] NDBM_File support on Win32

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This is a bug report for perl from kmx@volny.cz,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.10.1.


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[Please describe your issue here]


Hi,

We (=strawberry perl project) want to add NDBM_File support to
win32/strawberry perl because some users are asking for it.

However we need the following changes in NDBM_File module (we are
gonna use libgdm thus we need to link with -lgdbm_compat -lgdbm):

diff --git a/ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL b/ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL
index a8adbf0..08bf93d 100644
--- a/ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL
+++ b/ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 WriteMakefile(
     NAME    => 'NDBM_File',
-    LIBS => ["-L/usr/local/lib -lndbm", "-ldbm -lucb"],
+    LIBS => ($^O eq 'MSWin32') ? ["-lgdbm_compat -lgdbm"] :
["-L/usr/local/lib -lndbm", "-ldbm -lucb"],
     XSPROTOARG => '-noprototypes',         # XXX remove later?
     VERSION_FROM => 'NDBM_File.pm',
     INC => ($^O eq "MacOS" ? "-i ::::db:include" : "")

--
kmx


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Flags:
    category=library
    severity=low
    module=NDBM_File
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Site configuration information for perl 5.10.1:

Configured by win32-vanilla at Wed Oct 21 13:53:59 2009.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 1) configuration:
  
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.1, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname='Win32 strawberryperl 5.10.1.0 #1 30 i386'
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags =' -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT 
-DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
-fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX',
    optimize='-s -O2',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.5', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='long
long', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='g++', ldflags ='-s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE"
-L"C:\strawberry\c\lib"'
    libpth=C:\strawberry\c\lib
    libs= -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32
-ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr
-lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32
    perllibs= -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool
-lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid
-lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32
    libc=, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl510.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-mdll -s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE"
-L"C:\strawberry\c\lib"'

Locally applied patches:
   

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@INC for perl 5.10.1:
    C:/strawberry/perl/lib
    C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib
    C:\strawberry\perl\vendor\lib
    .

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Environment for perl 5.10.1:
    HOME=D:\_config\profile
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
   
PATH=C:\\strawberry\perl\bin;C:\\strawberry\c\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL (unset)

• [perl #71680] NDBM_File support on Win32 by kmx