[Python-Dev] bsddb3 test hang (original) (raw)

"Martin v. L�wis" martin@v.loewis.de
Sat, 26 Jul 2003 23:57:30 +0200

Skip Montanaro wrote:

Detlef> This is maybe not the same problem that Zooko had, but bsddb Detlef> doesn't build on my Linux 2.4.10 (SuSE 7.3) box either where Detlef> Sleepycat db-4.1.25 was installed from the sources. It puts Detlef> db.h under /usr/local/include per default where Python's Detlef> setup.py doesn't find it.

zooko> This was the same problem that I had. zooko> The solution ("workaround"?) is to install bsddb in zooko> `/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1'. I've been resistant to adding /usr/include and /usr/lib to the search path in setup.py because some platforms still ship with Berkeley DB 1.85 in those directories.

I have a number of observations and corrections to make:

  1. The default installation of Sleepycat Berkeley DB does not install the files to /usr/local, but to /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.x.y. You have to request /usr/local explicitly, and you should not do so, unless you know what you are doing.
  2. If Sleepycat is in /usr/local, Zooko's problem was not that setup.py would not find it there. Instead, the problem was that ld-linux.so.1 would not look for shared libraries in /usr/local.
  3. Zooko's problem also was not related to /usr

Regards, Martin