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Change 19028 by jhi@kosh on 2003/03/19 09:46:27 Better wording as requested by Rafael, and the module is BerkeleyDB, not BerkeleyFile. Affected files ... ... //depot/perl/README.tru64#18 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/perl/README.tru64#18 (text) ==== Index: perl/README.tru64 --- perl/README.tru64#17~19026~ Wed Mar 19 01:11:43 2003 +++ perl/README.tru64 Wed Mar 19 01:46:27 2003 @@ -71,12 +71,11 @@ The DB_File tests (db-btree.t, db-hash.t, db-recno.t) may fail you have installed a newer version of Berkeley DB into the system and the --I and -L compiler and linker flags (watch out for Configure options --Dlocincpth and -Dloclibpth, and check your /usr/local/include and -/usr/local/lib since they are included in Tru64 by default) introduce -version conflicts with the DB 1.85 headers and libraries that came -with the system (e.g. mixing a DB v2 library with the DB v1 headers -is a bad idea). +-I and -L compiler and linker flags introduce version conflicts with +the DB 1.85 headers and libraries that came with the Tru64. For example, +mixing a DB v2 library with the DB v1 headers is a bad idea. Watch +out for Configure options -Dlocincpth and -Dloclibpth, and check your +/usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib since they are included by default. The second option is to explicitly instruct Configure to detect the newer Berkeley DB installation, by supplying the right directories with @@ -85,8 +84,8 @@ The third option is to work around the problem by disabling the DB_File completely when build Perl by specifying -Ui_db to Configure, -and then using the BerkeleyFile module from CPAN instead of DB_File. -The BerkeleyFile works with Berkeley DB versions 2.* or greater. +and then using the BerkeleyDB module from CPAN instead of DB_File. +The BerkeleyDB works with Berkeley DB versions 2.* or greater. The Berkeley DB 4.1.25 has been tested with Tru64 V5.1A and found to work. The latest Berkeley DB can be found from F<http://www.sleepycat.com>. End of Patch.