Python dbm error

[igor@…]

Jim Gifford:

"Python 2.3.2 errors and does not build libpython. Errors as building 'dbm' extension gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasin g -DHAVE_NDBM_H -I. -I/usr/src/Python-2.3.2/./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/ usr/src/Python-2.3.2/Include -I/usr/src/Python-2.3.2 -c /usr/src/Python-2.3.2/Modules/dbmmodule.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbmmodule.o gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbmmodule.o -L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/dbm.so * WARNING: renaming "dbm" since importing it failed: build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/dbm.so: undefined symbol: dbm_firstkey ​http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=820953&group_id=5470&atid=105470"

[tushar@…]

I get the same messages, but there is no error. The build does not halt. Also, shared and static libpython get built.

[jim@…]

Upon researching the problem, I came accross a few interesting facts. According to Redhat, Mandrake, and Gentoo installations, dbm.h should be in /usr/include/gdbm, which is not the case with gdbm installation we currently have in BLFS. I suggest a change gdbm in BLFS add to the configure line --includedir=/usr/include/gdbm to fix the error.

[jim@…]

After checking comment made by Alexander E. Patrakov <semzx@…>. I visited the packages that use gdbm, and found out most of them look into /usr/include. I will submit a patch to fix python to also look into this location.

[jim@…]

People sent me an email on how to check for the error, since the error continues to install. Verify that /usr/lib/python2.3/config/libpython2.3.a exists. If not you need the patch.

Patch has been submitted to patches@… and will also be attached to this ticket.

[jim@…]

Patch to fix gdbm error

[jim@…]

Updated Patch

[tushar@…]

$ ls -l /usr/lib/python2.3/config/libpython2.3.a

-rw-r--r-- 1 python python 1478236 Oct 12 14:06 /usr/lib/python2.3/config/libpython2.3.a

So the lib still gets built after the message that looks like an error.

Anyways the patch is simple enough to be included in the book.

[larry@…]

/usr/lib/python2.3/config/libpython2.3.a exists here but test_dbm is an unexpected skip until patch applied.

[igor@…]

Verified.

[bdubbs@…]

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