Re: 2.0.1 configure fails on FreeBSD, patch included

[David Masterson]

>>>>> Tim Auckland writes:

>> >> 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).

>> 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.

What if you're testing for multiple features?  Could you wind up
picking two conflicting libraries?  Should you test for multiple
features of a library or limit yourself to the key feature?

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Sr. R&D Engineer               Synopsys, Inc.
Software Engineering           Sunnyvale, CA