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From:
James E Keenan via RT
Date:
August 3, 2013 17:11
Subject:
[perl #70125] Perl installation errors
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-2552-1375549855-1029.70125-15-0@perl.org
On Fri Oct 30 09:35:53 2009, chris@bingosnet.co.uk wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 05:16:48PM +0100, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:23:16 -0700, idctech support (via RT)
> > <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Found -ldb (shared).
> > 
> >   Here it found -ldb
> > 
> > > Found -ldl (shared).
> > > No -ldld.
> > > No -lsun.
> > > Found -lm (shared).
> > > No -lutil.
> > > Found -lc (shared).
> > > No -lcposix.
> > > No -lposix.
> > > No -lbsd.
> > > No -lBSD.
> > > 
> > > In order to compile perl5 on your machine, a number of libraries
> > > are usually needed.  Include any other special libraries here as well.
> > > Say "none" for none.  The default list is almost always right.
> > > 
> > > What libraries to use? [-lsocket -lnsl -ldb -ldl -lm -lc]
> > 
> >   As Configure found it, it wants to use it
> > 
> 
> As I recall it older perls would do this, detect the shared -ldb and 
> add it to the libraries list then the compile check later on would 
> fail.
> 
> I just amend the libraries list to remove the -ldb on these.
> 
> Newer perls don't have this issue.
> 
> Didn't see a indicator of which perl was being built.
> 
> Cheers,
> 


It appears that the original poster (2009) never responded to Merijn's
questions.  Chris indicated that the OP's problems should not occur in
more recent perls, and no one has since provided evidence to the contrary.

I am taking this ticket for the purpose of closing it in 7 days unless
someone else wants to take it over.

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

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