Ed,
ED > I don't really understand why Perl 5.8.7 lacked DB_File since
ED > Module::CoreList [...] reports it being standard sine 5.00307.
Perhaps
ED > this is some sort of emasculated version that ships with Solaris
:-)
Nope, I wasn't using a "Perl lite" version. ;-)
Although Solaris now comes with Perl (v.5.6.1 for Solaris 9), when I set
up a server I always download and compile from the latest Perl source
(v.5.8.7 in this case) and that's the Perl version I use for my scripts
and the version to which I add any non-standard modules. I did a plain
vanilla "all defaults" Perl installation [1].
ED > It looks like the user tried to install DB_File without having the
ED > BerkeleyDB libraries from SleepyCat already installed.
It *is* true that I tried to install the DB_File.pm module without
having installed any software from SleepyCat (although I *did* check for
Berkeley DB libraries installed as Solaris packages and was hoping that
they would suffice [2]). If DB_File.pm requires software from SleepyCat
as part of the compile/installation process, I'm curious how it could be
installed as a core module. However, the DB_File documentation on CPAN
(Paul Marquess > DB_File-1.814 > DB_File) states this:
AVAILABILITY
DB_File comes with the standard Perl source distribution.
Look in the directory ext/DB_File.
...and I rechecked my Perl source and it *is* in that directory.
However, the Perl "Configure" script appears to do some system checking
in regard to what Berkeley DB components are available [3]. I'm
guessing the necessary Berkeley DB stuff is installed by default on some
platforms, and thus DB_File.pm gets installed when compiling/installing
Perl on those platforms. Not apparently, however, the case for my
particular Solaris/Perl setup (nor is it included in the Solaris OS
package v5.6.1 Perl version), although I'd be interested in the
experiences of other Solaris sites in installing MARC::Charset.
Although for security reasons, we no longer install the Solaris "Entire"
metacluster, I did do a Solaris package search for "Berkeley DB"
(http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/pkginfo/search.cgi) and I installed the only
two relevant Solaris packages I found prior to trying to install the
DB_File.pm module from the source code.
Sooooo... this is all very interesting (and I've definitely learned
something here), but like I suggested previously, this level of digging
may be a bit beyond the "casual" Perl user. ;-)
-- Michael
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[1] hostname:/> /opt/bin/perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.7 built for sun4-solaris
Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to
the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home
Page.
bullwinkle:/opt/lib/perl5> /opt/bin/perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 7) configuration:
Platform:
osname=solaris, osvers=2.9, archname=sun4-solaris
uname='sunos bullwinkle 5.9 generic_118558-06 sun4u sparc
sunw,ultra-enterprise '
config_args='-de'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef
usemultiplicity=undef
useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
optimize='-O',
cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe'
ccversion='', gccversion='2.95.3 20010315 (release)',
gccosandvers='solaris2.9'
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='gcc', ldflags =' '
libpth=/usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
libs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc
perllibs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc
libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES
Built under solaris
Compiled at Jun 13 2005 10:21:04
@INC:
/opt/lib/perl5/5.8.7/sun4-solaris
/opt/lib/perl5/5.8.7
/opt/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/sun4-solaris
/opt/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7
/opt/lib/perl5/site_perl
.
[2] From previous message:
> The DB_File README says that "Berkeley DB" is a prerequisite.
> I have the following Solaris packages installed:
> SFWbdb berkeleyDB - Berkeley Database Library
> SFWdb1 Berkeley DB - database library
> ... but I'm not sure if that constitutes having the "Berkeley DB".
[3] Excerpt from the "perl-5.8.7/Configure script":
: see if this is a db.h system
set db.h i_db
eval $inhdr
case "$i_db" in
$define)
: Check db version.
echo " "
echo "Checking Berkeley DB version ..." >&4
$cat >try.c <<EOCP
#$d_const HASCONST
#ifndef HASCONST
#define const
#endif
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#$i_stdlib I_STDLIB
#ifdef I_STDLIB
#include <stdlib.h>
#endif
#include <db.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
#ifdef DB_VERSION_MAJOR /* DB version >= 2 */
int Major, Minor, Patch ;
unsigned long Version ;
(void)db_version(&Major, &Minor, &Patch) ;
if (argc == 2) {
printf("%d %d %d %d %d %d\n",
DB_VERSION_MAJOR, DB_VERSION_MINOR, DB_VERSION_PATCH,
Major, Minor, Patch);
exit(0);
}
printf("You have Berkeley DB Version 2 or greater.\n");
printf("db.h is from Berkeley DB Version %d.%d.%d\n",
DB_VERSION_MAJOR, DB_VERSION_MINOR, DB_VERSION_PATCH);
printf("libdb is from Berkeley DB Version %d.%d.%d\n",
Major, Minor, Patch) ;
/* check that db.h & libdb are compatible */
if (DB_VERSION_MAJOR != Major || DB_VERSION_MINOR != Minor ||
DB_VERSION_PAT
CH != Patch) {
printf("db.h and libdb are incompatible.\n") ;
exit(3);
}
printf("db.h and libdb are compatible.\n") ;
Version = DB_VERSION_MAJOR * 1000000 + DB_VERSION_MINOR * 1000
+ DB_VERSION_PATCH ;
/* needs to be >= 2.3.4 */
if (Version < 2003004) {
/* if (DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 2 && DB_VERSION_MINOR == 0 &&
DB_VERSION_PATCH <
5) { */
printf("Perl needs Berkeley DB 2.3.4 or greater.\n") ;
exit(2);
}
exit(0);
#else
#if defined(_DB_H_) && defined(BTREEMAGIC) && defined(HASHMAGIC)
if (argc == 2) {
printf("1 0 0\n");
exit(0);
}
printf("You have Berkeley DB Version 1.\n");
exit(0); /* DB version < 2: the coast is clear. */
#else
exit(1); /* <db.h> not Berkeley DB? */
#endif
#endif
}
EOCP
set try
if eval $compile_ok && $run ./try; then
echo 'Looks OK.' >&4
set `$run ./try 1`
db_version_major=$1
db_version_minor=$2
db_version_patch=$3
else
echo "I can't use Berkeley DB with your <db.h>. I'll
disable Be
rkeley DB." >&4
i_db=$undef
case " $libs " in
*"-ldb "*)
: Remove db from list of libraries to use
echo "Removing unusable -ldb from library list"
>&4
set `echo X $libs | $sed -e 's/-ldb / /' -e
's/-ldb$//'`
shift
libs="$*"
echo "libs = $libs" >&4
;;
esac
fi
$rm -f try.*
;;
esac
case "$i_db" in
define)
: Check the return type needed for hash
echo " "
echo "Checking return type needed for hash for Berkeley DB ..."
>&4
$cat >try.c <<EOCP
<yada, yada, yada>
