libdb issues with Fedora Core 5 and bogofilter 1.0.2

[David Relson]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:03:29 -0500
Richard Baxant wrote:

> During ./configure I get:
> 
> checking for shared library run path origin... (cached) done
> checking how to link with libdb... -ldb
> checking db and dependent libraries... error
> configure: error:
> ====================================================================
> Cannot link against libdb? Try 'rm config.cache', then re-configure.
> If the problem persists, report it to the bogofilter mailing list.
> Remember to include your config.log.
> 
> 
> There is no config.cache to remove and config.log is empty.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Richard

Welcome Richard!

Have you a db4 development package installed?  ./configure checks for
db.h (needed for compiling code) and libdb.a (for linking).  libdb.so
will also be needed for program execution.  These files are (typically)
in /usr/include and /usr/lib, though they may be located elsewhere in
FC5 or have non-standard names.

./configure _does_ have options for specifying non-standard database
locations.  Running ./configure --help and look for options with
'database' and 'libdb' in their names.

HTH,

David