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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2003 01:07:19 -0500
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	"Gerrit P. Haase" <gp AT familiehaase DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: gdbm, libgdbm3, libgdbm-devel 1.8.3-1
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Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

>>But I still have to say
>>      gcc -o chuck.exe ...... -lgdbm_compat -lgdbm
>>right?  wrong?
> 
> 
> IMO: wrong.
> If there is just the runtime dependency as it seems to be in perl,
> then there is no need to link against libgdbm.

You are correct.  As it happens, I was messing around with this today -- 
only direct dependencies need to be included on the link line.

> No libtool needed for perl.  I changed the hints/cygwin.pl entries
> since the symbols needed were not available in libgdbm.dll.a:

Ah.  Well, thanks for giving it a shot.  Now, back to your regularly 
scheduled libgdbm-based (not libgdbm3-based) build of perl. <g>

--Chuck


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