Re: 2.0.1 configure fails on FreeBSD, patch included

[Mark . Burgess]

The problem is not so much testing for the features as finding
the libs which contain them and matching header file with library,

Mark


On 22 Apr, Tim Auckland wrote:
>> >> Anyone volunteering? I've enough other stuff to do...
>> >
>> > High on my TODO list for this week (No. 2 after something a little more
>> > pressing).
>> >
>> > Mike.
>> 
>> Wonderful, that makes 3 people, I think. But note carefully, that
>> not all of the distributed db libraries work, because sleepycat
>> changed the API in version 3.x something. That is what makes this
>> all so difficult.
> 
> Autoconf can test for most API features directly.  If you know
> what features you depend on, you should just be able to scan all the
> plausible library install locations and pick the first one that works,
> and not worry about picking the *best* one.
> 
> Tim
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