Issue 1167: gdbm/ndbm 1.8.1+ needs libgdbm_compat.so (original) (raw)

Issue1167

Created on 2007-09-16 05:37 by ikelly, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg55939 - (view)	Author: Ian Kelly (ikelly)	Date: 2007-09-16 05:37
The ndbm functions in gdbm 1.8.1+ require the gdbm_compat library in addition to gdbm.
msg62887 - (view)	Author: Eh Tan (tan2)	Date: 2008-02-24 08:56
According to gdbm NEW, the dbm/ndbm compatibility routines was moved to libgdbm_compat in v1.8.1, which was released in late 2002. The patch works for gdbm-1.8.1+. But I am afraid that the patch will cause build error with gdbm-1.8.0 and earlier version. A more sophisticated approach is needed. The approach will do the following: 1. find gdbm library and gdbm/ndbm.h header 2. check the presence of dbm_open() function in gdbm library 3. if present, link with gdbm 4. if not, link with gdbm_compat Step 1 and 3 are already in setup.py. The patch adds step 4, but step 2 is missing. I don't have enough skill in distutil to implement it though...
msg63034 - (view)	Author: Ian Kelly (ikelly)	Date: 2008-02-26 07:09
I'm not sure why you think this patch would be backwards incompatible. I've tested it with gdbm-1.8.0 and gdbm-1.7.3, and it works for those.
msg77293 - (view)	Author: Hirokazu Yamamoto (ocean-city) *	Date: 2008-12-08 09:49
Fixed in r67614. ()