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5.10 and DB_File

Posted by halindrome on 2008-09-22 10:40
OS: Windows XP Pro

It appears that there is no PPM module for DB_File under activeperl 5.10 (build 1004). A little research shows that ActiveState claims DB_File is part of the "Core" on 5.10 [1] - which is great. However, there does not appear to be a DB_File.pm file anywhere, and 'perl -MDB_File -e 1' returns an error that indicates perl cannot locate that module.

Am I missing something here, or did this module accidentally not get included in the distribution?

[1] http://ppm.activestate.com/BuildStatus/5.10-D.html

Dead link
grahams | Tue, 2008-10-07 16:56

That link is a status report for the old repositories, which are being phased out. One of the many reasons they are on the way out is the number of inaccuracies in their reports. DB_File is intended to be core in all versions except Windows (due to an unmet dependency on Berkely DB libraries with Windows).

The new build repositories report their status here:
http://ppm.activestate.com/beta/idx/DB...DY.html
This one is accurate. Unfortunately, it shows that there are problems blocking the build of DB_File on all platforms except 5.10 for Linux-64 bit. We have an open bug for the issue.