Re: Compiling gnome on Solaris 2.7

[Rob Turknett <robert turknett sun com>]

I just ran into this problem myself. You need to recompile Berkeley DB with
1.85 compatibility turned on. Instructions on how to do this are at
http://www.clanger9.demon.co.uk/computer/gnome/

Cheers,
Rob Turknett
Sun Microsystems

Aaron Ginn wrote:

> I'm attempting to compile gnome on solaris 2.7.  When I attempt to build
> the makefile for gnome-libs I get the following error message:
>
> checking for dbopen... no
> checking for dbopen in -ldb... no
> checking for dbopen in -ldb1... no
> configure: error: Your db library is missing db 1.85 compatibility mode
>
> I don't see any hints on how to get around this.  Has anyone here
> compiled gnome on solaris and knows the workaround for this?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron Ginn
>
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