Upgrade to GDBM-1.9.1. Fixes #2913.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9585 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/chapter06/gdbm.xml b/chapter06/gdbm.xml
index 612b5d53d..83b0e05df 100644
--- a/chapter06/gdbm.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gdbm.xml
@@ -45,28 +45,33 @@
 
     <para>Prepare GDBM for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-libgdbm-compat</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><envar>--enable-libgdbm-compat</envar></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This switch enables the libgdbm compatibility library to be
+          built, as some packages outside of LFS may require the older DBM
+          routines it provides.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>In addition, install the DBM and NDBM compatibility headers, as some
-    packages outside of LFS may look for these older dbm routines:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install-compat</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Fix a minor installation issue by manually adding GDBM to the
-    <command>info</command> table of contents:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">install-info --dir-file=/usr/info/dir /usr/info/gdbm.info</userinput></screen>
-
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="contents-gdbm" role="content">