On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 07:57:45PM -0500, I wrote:
> db2/db.h is supposed to be from libdb2-dev, part of the db2 source
> package in netbsd. Thats all well and good, though I am having trouble
^^^^^^
I meant Debian. Having trouble keeping my names straight.
> building my own copy of this package, due to issues with db1 libraries.
>
> db1 libraries are in libc on linux and on netbsd. In netbsd, the
> library is actually part of libc. However, in glibc it is part of the
> source package but gets built as its own library.
>
> Solutions to this include fixing build systems, or providing a stub
> /usr/lib/libdb1.* as part of the netbsd libc package. Does anyone have
> opinions about this? I should think that most build systems would get
> this right, but the two I have found (db2 and apt) don't.
