[gnome-db] compiling gnome - db-1.85 stuff

[mbrian <caapiv freeshell org>]

I can't get gnome-libs to configure beyond the dbopen tests.
For some reason db-1.85 won't compile on my linuxfromscratch system, or 
slackware 7.1 and the slackware db-1.85.4.slackware.bin.tgz package's 
libraries weren't convincing enough for configure... I managed to get 
db-4.0.14 to compile (with the --enable-compat185 option) and still 
nothing.
I swear, *with* gnome, whenever I want to some gnome application, it 
seems like they all need ~6 packages if you count the dependencies 
dependencies and you're *never* caught up (you would think eventually 
you would simply fill up your disk or something). I guess it's no 
suprise that gnome-libs is even worse. I've spent forever with this, and 
I'm sure that configure is going to complain when I finally get *this* 
about something new many more times.
Is there a *simple* solution for the dbopen thing that somebody here 
knows about? I figure it's probably something in my base libraries, like 
libc or something? I'm stuck, I need a hint maybe?
Don't mean to whine so much, but twm is making me sick. Hope it's OK 
that there isn't any funky code or pages of logs for anyone :)(: in 
this.   ..Now I've got to get an intermediate window manager to use to 
step-up to gnome, I always wondered why it always seems to be running in 
tandem with sawfish or enlightenment :).