New perl
I have compiled a new perl, which incorporates both DB_File and GDBM_File
support for sparc.
To do this, I have had to make two changes to the source.
1) I have had to apply the patch in bug #????
2) I have had to make the changes suggested by Christian Meder to make
perl find the 1.85 compatibility header for db.
I think we should have this version of perl in slink.
I could upload it as version 5.004.04-6, without source.
I can't upload it with source, since the changes I've made to 'Configure'
to incorporate the compatibility header for db will probably break on i386
systems.
And I'm not happy about releasing sparc/slink with a perl which is not
compilable from source - as indeed is currently the situation.
What shall I do?
Jules
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