Re: GDBM 1.8

[James Troup <james@nocrew.org>]

Jon Eisenstein <jeisen@mindspring.com> writes:

> For a package I'd like to make, I need gdbm 1.8.0, while the current
> maintainer has stated that he will not upgrade to this version, and that
> if I need it I should package it myself. So, here I am, packaging the
> library. What should I do to make sure that it does not interfere with the
> regular gdbm? I've already changed the name/source to gdbm1.8, and have
> instructed the Makefile to install in /usr/lib/gdbm1.8 instead of
> /usr/lib. Are there more steps I need to take?

Err, a) I meant link statically, and b) installing it in
/usr/lib/gdbm1.8 is scarily wrong.

-- 
James