Changeset f7b8c6d for chapter06/gdbm.xml

Timestamp:

08/14/2011 10:33:16 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

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Children:

c0ad0ec

Parents:

dc504da

Message:

Upgrade to GDBM-1.9.1. Fixes #2913.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9585 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter06/gdbm.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter06/gdbm.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
     <para>Prepare GDBM for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-libgdbm-compat</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><envar>--enable-libgdbm-compat</envar></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This switch enables the libgdbm compatibility library to be
+          built, as some packages outside of LFS may require the older DBM
+          routines it provides.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
@@ -52 +65 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>In addition, install the DBM and NDBM compatibility headers, as some
-    packages outside of LFS may look for these older dbm routines:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install-compat</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Fix a minor installation issue by manually adding GDBM to the
-    <command>info</command> table of contents:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">install-info --dir-file=/usr/info/dir /usr/info/gdbm.info</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>