[juneau-lug] Re: perl-DB_file and fedora core 1

That's because the symlinks don't go that way, take a look at libdb on my
system.  You'll notice a bit of a difference.  (i.e. your symlinks look
reversed)

circle:/usr/lib# ls -la libdb*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Dec 19 04:12 libdb-3.2.so ->
libdb3.so.3.0.2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Dec 19 04:12 libdb-3.so ->
libdb3.so.3.0.2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       678256 Sep 14 02:03 libdb-4.0.so
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       789512 Jan 10 21:33 libdb-4.1.so
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       876584 Feb  5 14:33 libdb-4.2.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Feb 18 21:41 libdb.so ->
/lib/libdb2.so.2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       425008 Dec 22 10:55 libdb2.a
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Feb 18 21:41 libdb2.so ->
/lib/libdb2.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Feb 18 21:44 libdb2.so.2 ->
libdb.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Dec 19 04:12 libdb3.so.3 ->
libdb3.so.3.0.2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       642472 Jun 16  2003 libdb3.so.3.0.2
circle:/usr/lib#

-Myron

> Thanks for the great tips. I'll try CPAN but I'm still a bit worried
> about the lib issue. Seems there were some tweaks in different versions
> right around perl-DB_file 1.8.
>
> How does one update the shared lib list? I ran ldconfig, but it doesn't
> pick up the soft link I have set /usr/lib/libdb-4.0.so ->
> /usr/lib/libdb.so
> My brain is a bit foggy, haven't done this in a while.
>
> Stephen
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>When your favorite distribution of choice package system fails for perl,
>>try using cpan :)
>>
>>perl -MCPAN -e shell
>>cpan> install DB_File
>>
>>debian(my preferred distribution of choice... STILL :) ) has a lot of
>>packages and I always try and get it from there first, but... sometimes
>> it
>>just doesn't work out so I always use cpan to install the package later.
>>
>>There are other packages you need as well, I recommend using
>> qmail-scanner
>>over the old amavis version (I haven't tried the new amavis version
>> though
>>:) so it may be that amavis has gotten better.
>>
>>Also install clamav as well, a free open-source virus scanner.
>>
>>Also w/ you install spamassassin I consider it a MUST to install a spam
>>ruler updater (you can grab one at my site http://vchkpw.xyxx.com), it
>> has
>>a bunch of junk there and you should be able to find a script there as
>>well.
>>
>>The other one I install for spamassassin is bogus-virus-warnings.cf
>>http://www.timj.co.uk/linux/bogus-virus-warnings.cf
>>
>>anyway just a couple of ideas :)
>>
>>-Myron
>>
>>>  Greetings all - I decided to try the qmail install on a clean Fedora
>>> core
>>>  1
>>>  install instead of trying the RedHat 8.0 upgrade path (ya, I know,
>>> live
>>>  dangerous!).
>>>
>>>  Using the detailed and very good timekiller.org instructions, I find
>>>  one of the packages, I believe Spam Assasin, calling for perl-DB_file.
>>>  This doesn't exist in Fedora, though it did in the older RedHat 8. I
>>>  can find various versions of it on the web, but it fails to install
>>>  because it can't find libdb-4.0.so. Fedora has libdb-4.1.so, and even
>>>  linking it to the older name won't allow perl-DB_install to correctly
>>>  install.
>>>
>>>  Any ideas? Has perl-DB_file been deprecated?
>>>
>>>  Thanks,
>>  >   Stephen
>
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