Re: db 1.85 compatibity mode

[Michael Grant <mgrant grant org>]

The problem here is that even though db-3.0.55 seems to have a 1.85
compatibity in it, it's interface isn't the same.  Just looking at the
dump (using nm) of db185.o in version 3.0.55, dbopen() has changed to
__db185_open().

You'll need to install the older version 2.7.7 from www.sleepycat.com.
Don't forget to add the --compat185 when you configure that version too!

This brings up an excellent point though.  Things that use libdb
probably should be tweeked to use either the old or "new" forms of the
function calls based on the config.h from ./configure.

> I'm just emailing you to ask how to get gnome-libs-1.2.3 to compile
> on Solaris.  I keep getting the following error:
>
> 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 have db-3.0.55 with --compat185 loaded into the system: