paul wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> downloaded 2.0.12 and ran into problems during the ./configure process.
> It bailed when looking for a properly configured db3 install. I didn't
> have it, so I downloaded and installed the appropriate db3 and db3-devel
> rpms from rpmfind.net. Still failed, which I thought was curious. So I
> downloaded the latest db3 source, uninstalled the RPMS and did the
> compile and install thing. This still did not fix the problem.
>
> Has anyone else had this experience? Are there some symbolic links I
> need to have in place or something?
>
> I'm away from the machine now, or I'd put up the full error message.
> Perhaps someone else has encountered this and knows the solution though.
> It's a Mandrake 7.2 distro.
>
> Best regards and thanks,
>
> Paul Dorman.
For me, the only way to make it work is to get a distro with 'built in' db3
(SuSE 7.1). Reason: even if you get all db3 stuff installed and configure
accepts it (yup, that's what I did on a Debian box), the binary will be
linked with db2 => segfaults. And of course you cannot just deinstall db2...
:-(
Olaf
