From: Jarkko Hietaniemi Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:58:38 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Tru64: Document the known odbm failure with static builds. X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2dfde39dc315bce63fcbe85a117ca1b76dd9fbf3;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Tru64: Document the known odbm failure with static builds. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@15471 --- diff --git a/README.tru64 b/README.tru64 index ce2181a..1e17809 100644 --- a/README.tru64 +++ b/README.tru64 @@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ During "make test" the C will be skipped because on Tru64 it cannot be tested before Perl has been installed. The test refers to the use of the C<-P> option of Perl. +=head1 ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds + +The ext/ODBM_File/odbm is known to fail with static builds +(Configure -Dusedl) due to a known bug in Tru64's static libdbm +library. The good news is that you very probably don't need to ever +use the ODBM_File extension since more advanced NDBM_File works fine, +not to mention the even more advanced DB_File. + =head1 AUTHOR Jarkko Hietaniemi