This is on trunk, revision 14585, using Windows XP and Visual C++.
I have GDBM available as "gdbm.lib" which is successfully tested for in
config/auto/gdbm.pm.
Determining if your platform supports gdbm...
...
gdbm is working.
(yes) .........................done.
For some reason this library list is rewritten in tools/build/dynpmc.pl
if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
my %newlibs = ();
$newlibs{"lib$_"} = $libs{$_} for keys %libs;
%libs = %newlibs;
}
Leading to the following error message while linking "gdbmhash.dll."
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libgdbm.lib'
Looking at the tests in config/auto/gdbm.pm I'd guess adding the "lib"
prefix is done for GCC on Windows. If so, the condition should probably
read something like "$^O eq 'MSWin32' && $CC =~ /^gcc/i". That way the
build seems fine again on Windows XP and Visual C++.
Ron
