Here's some output from config.log:Ah, you are running into fun with RH9's NPTL (New Posix Threads Library). If you look at the archives for this list you will find some discussion about it. I believe the quick and dirty solution was to compile DB4 with a flag telling it to assume phtreads were not available, but Simon also posted a link to a discussion at RedHat about more general issues with NPTL.
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configure:5808: checking for db_create in -ldb-4.1
configure:5839: gcc -o conftest -Wall -g -O2 -I/usr/local/itech/iwaymail/include
-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -
L/usr/local/itech/iwaymail/lib conftest.c -ldb-4.1 -L/usr/local/itech/iwaymail/lib -lresolv -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/itech/iw
aymail/lib >&5
/usr/local/itech/iwaymail/lib/libdb-4.1.so: undefined reference to
`pthread_condattr_setpshared'
/usr/local/itech/iwaymail/lib/libdb-4.1.so: undefined reference to
`pthread_mutexattr_destroy'
/usr/local/itech/iwaymail/lib/libdb-4.1.so: undefined reference to
`pthread_mutexattr_setpshared'
/usr/local/itech/iwaymail/lib/libdb-4.1.so: undefined reference to
`pthread_mutexattr_init'
/usr/local/itech/iwaymail/lib/libdb-4.1.so: undefined reference to
`pthread_mutex_trylock'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:5842: $? = 1
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Any ideas where I might find some support for db-4.1.25? Can't find any mailing
lists or news feeds on sleepycat's site.
The particular errors you are getting are because it can't find the pthreads library when it does the test. You can fix that by telling configure to use -lpthreads on any compiles, but if I remember correctly you will then run into other issues when DB4 tries to do some operations on the threads.
I am staying with RH8 for my production machines because of this and a few other minor issues.
-- John A. Tamplin Unix System Administrator Emory University, School of Public Health +1 404/727-9931
