Re: [gentoo-embedded] linking against gdbm fails when emerging python

[Natanael Copa <mlists@tanael.org>]

Mike Frysinger wrote:

>On Thursday 22 September 2005 05:33 am, Natanael Copa wrote:
>  
>
>>i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -march=i386 -Os -pipe
>>-fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DHAVE_GDBM_NDBM_H -I.
>>-I/var/tmp/portage/python-2.3.5-r2/work/Python-2.3.5/./Include
>>-I/var/tmp/portage/python-2.3.5-r2/work/Python-2.3.5/Include
>>-I/var/tmp/portage/python-2.3.5-r2/work/Python-2.3.5 -c
>>/var/tmp/portage/python-2.3.5-r2/work/Python-2.3.5/Modules/dbmmodule.c
>>-o build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbmmodule.o
>>i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc-gcc -pthread -shared
>>build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbmmodule.o -L/usr/local/lib -lgdbm -o
>>build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/dbm.so
>>./python: can't resolve symbol 'dbm_firstkey'
>>make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1
>>    
>>
>
>so you're still hitting this linker bug ?  just wondering whether i should 
>start poking at it or assume that it's been resolved one way or another ...
>-mike
>  
>

Yes. It still fails whenever berkdb are in useflags. It looks like it
works with or without gdbm in useflags (as long berkdb is disabled)

I worked around it by adding "dev-lang/python -berkdb" in
/etc/portage/package.use so its no stopper for me.

I can report a bug if you'd like.

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Natanael Copa
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