Re: perl needed

[Anders Hammarquist <iko@netg.se>]

>I've compiled bash 2.01-5 but it needs perl linked with libc6 to create the
>package.  In fact, it preloads libhistory.so to prevent ldd from showing this
>dependancy then run dpkg-shlibdeps.  However, libhistory is targeted for libc6
>but perl (the interpreter of dpkg-shlibdeps) is actually a libc5 linked
>binary.
>Both types of libraries clash when loaded at the same time.
>If noone else is working on packaging perl, I will do it this evening ;-)

I've tried to build perl, but with limited success. It fails to load
shared modules unless LD_BIND_NOW is set, and one of the get*gid()
tests fail. I'll happily leave it to you :) (Though I have a
libgdbm1-1.7.3-22 compiling that you may be interested in).

/Anders

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