Perl/DB Request for suggestions...

[Charles Wilson]

No, Perl doesn't *need* the berkeley DB package.  Berk-DB is an optional
dependency; if have Berk-db, then make-perl will build the DB_File
module.  If you do not have Berk-DB, then perl will just build
everything else, and NOT the DB_File module.  No problems.

Better, you can always go back later, and build DB_File by itself (not
as part of the make-perl process) if you later discover that you need
that functionality.

--Chuck


"Stephen C. Biggs" wrote:
> 
> Perl 5.6.0 seems to need the Berkeley DB package, albeit version 1 seems to
> suffice... but the Berkeley DB package needs Perl...  thus a circular
> dependency: build the DB version 1 package, install; build Perl, install;
> then build the DB 3 package using the just installed Perl, install the DB3
> package; then build Perl and install it with the DB3 support; then build
> and install DB3 again with the new Perl? After that, build and install the
> Perl package?  Ad infinitum...  Where should I stop building?
> 
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