gdbm 1.8.0 build/install problems and patches

[David Lee]

Two problems with gdbm-1.8.0 (Solaris 2.x, but I think that's irrelevant).
Draft patches provided, both to "Makefile.in":

1. GNU autoconf allows (indeed, encourages) the building tree to be
   separate from the source tree.  This fails, but changing line 4 from
      top_builddir = @srcdir@
   to:
      top_builddir = .
   fixes it.  (Attached as a patch.)

2. GNU autoconf allows the usual "/usr/local" prefix to be changed by
   the installer (and also more flexible tailoring of individual things
   such as man pages).  Although Makefile.in has begun to address this,
   it is insufficient.  The attached patch addresses it.

Feel free to examine and adjust the patches if necessary (I hope I got the
details correct).  I'll be happy to alpha-test or beta-test any new
version for these adjustments. 

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*** Makefile.in.orig    Wed May 19 04:16:06 1999
--- Makefile.in-        Fri Jan 26 16:53:41 2001
***************
*** 1,7 ****
  #### Start of system configuration section. ####
  
  srcdir = @srcdir@
! top_builddir = @srcdir@
  VPATH = @srcdir@
  
  CC = @CC@
--- 1,7 ----
  #### Start of system configuration section. ####
  
  srcdir = @srcdir@
! top_builddir = .
  VPATH = @srcdir@
  
  CC = @CC@

*** Makefile.in-        Fri Jan 26 16:53:41 2001
--- Makefile.in Fri Jan 26 17:33:23 2001
***************
*** 31,48 ****
  LDFLAGS =
  
  # Common prefix for installation directories
! prefix = /usr/local
! exec_prefix = $(prefix)
  binprefix = $(exec_prefix)
  manprefix = $(prefix)
  
  # Directory in which to put libgdbm.a.
! libdir = $(exec_prefix)/lib
  # The include directory for gdbm.h and dbm.h.
! includedir = $(prefix)/include
  # Info and man directories.
! infodir = $(prefix)/info
! man3dir = $(prefix)/man/man3
  manext = 3
  
  #### End of system configuration section. ####
--- 31,49 ----
  LDFLAGS =
  
  # Common prefix for installation directories
! prefix = @prefix@
! exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
  binprefix = $(exec_prefix)
  manprefix = $(prefix)
  
  # Directory in which to put libgdbm.a.
! libdir = @libdir@
  # The include directory for gdbm.h and dbm.h.
! includedir = @includedir@
  # Info and man directories.
! infodir = @infodir@
! mandir = @mandir@
! man3dir = $(mandir)/man3
  manext = 3
  
  #### End of system configuration section. ####