[LDM #DCW-448836]: pqsurf dying on SunOS 5.11, LDM 6.6.5

Art,

> A light bulb came on for me recently regarding the below problem:
> Solaris doesn't come with gnu software already installed, i.e. gdbm.  So,
> I thought I'd install it and give this a try, especially since LDM on
> Linux apparently builds with gdbm by default and I'd probably need this
> for cross-platform database compatibility.  Without it, the LDM was
> apparently building with the default Solaris system version of db rather
> than gdbm and was bombing on it.  Once I got gdbm installed and the LDM
> built against it, DB filing started working and it seems to be functioning
> normally, although I haven't actually tried to use "weather" on it yet.
> Thought I'd let you know in case you run into this problem again in the
> future...

Way to go!

I'll definitely keep this in mind.  Thanks for telling me.

A bug in Solaris DB.  Who'd have thought?  (You, apparently :-)

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DCW-448836
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed