]> From: Matt Gushee <matt@gushee.net> > > There seems to be another problem with gdbm-ndbm.h being ignored if > > there is no gdbm_compat library, which might have to be fixed, but I'm > > no gdbm exert. gdbm-ndbm.h was not checked on ocaml 3.06, but it has > > lower priority than ndbm.h anyway. > > Ah, but it effectively has a *higher* priority in the configure script: > > for dir in /usr/include /usr/include/db1 /usr/include/gdbm; do > if test -f $dir/ndbm.h; then > .... break > fi > if test -f $dir/gdbm-ndbm.h; then > .... break > fi > done The break is supposed to get out of the loop, so if ndbm.h is in the same directory, or a previous directory, it has priority. This is a bit confusing, as if ndbm.h is in /usr/include/db1 and gdbm-ndbm.h is in /usr/include, then gdbm-ndbm.h will be selected. Is it your case? > And maybe it would be useful to add a -dbm-includes option to the > configure script, to help people work around this sort of situation. I > suspect I'm not the only person with more than one DBM library. Probably a good idea indeed. Jacques ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners