Bug 32665

Summary: recent update of db3 pages broke perl's use DB_File
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Landon Curt Noll <redhat-mail>
Component: perlAssignee: Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Landon Curt Noll 2001-03-22 09:20:04 UTC 
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Recently RH published updates to db3-3.1.17-5.i386.rpm,
db3-devel-3.1.17-5.i386.rpm and db3-utils-3.1.17-5.i386.rpm.

After performing these updates, perl's DB_File package broke.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create the executable file ./tmp/y containing:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use DB_File;
print "It worked.\n";

2.execute /tmp/y
3.observe the result
	

Actual Results:  
DB_File needs compatible versions of libdb & db.h
	you have db.h version 3.1.14 and libdb version 3.1.17
Compilation failed in require at /tmp/y line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /tmp/y line 2.


Expected Results:  It worked.

I also tried:

	cd /usr/include
	h2ph db.h
	h2ph db3/db.h

without success.
Comment 1 Landon Curt Noll 2001-03-23 23:57:30 UTC 
If you download and install the recent DB_File CPAN module, it
compiles with the newer db3 release and works.

Perhaps RH should produce a db3_perl module and move the
perl db code to there?  When db3 is changed, the db3_perl
module could also be updated ...
Comment 2 James Brents 2001-03-24 05:18:02 UTC 
This was probably just oversight on RH's part, and the fact im sure they dont
want to release a new version of perl when alls required is a recompilation.
Easy solution is just use the perl source RPM and --rebuild and install that,
After you've upgraded db3 of course. Solved my problems, Though an actual
updated perl package would be nice..
Comment 3 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-04-03 15:00:17 UTC 
*** Bug 32818 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Crutcher Dunnavant 2001-04-03 16:07:15 UTC 
and an actual updated perl package is coming...
Comment 5 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-04-05 20:17:34 UTC 
*** Bug 33674 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***