Berkeley Db 4.5.20 on HPUX 11.11

[Pete Hakesley]

after cd in dist_unix as per documentation and running

# ../dist/configure

checking for stddef.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) no
checking for off_t... no
configure: error: No off_t type.


Does anyone know what this is or how to fix it...Thks

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Pete,

How about some context? What are you trying to do? What type of system? What OS and patch situation?

I left my crystal ball at work on Wednesday.

SEP

[Pete Hakesley]

I am trying to install Berkeley DB so I can use for Cyrus IMAP server.

Box is Rp3440-4 running HPU-UX 11.11.
The DB installer is downloaded from Oracle as a source tarball.

expanded in /tmp/db-4.5.20

I tried the Berkeley DB for the iexplore CD_ROM but this is just run time libraries so trying to install the lot.

see the following for Berkeley install instructions
http://pybsddb.sourceforge.net/ref/build_unix/intro.html

# ../dist/configure
checking build system type... hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11
checking host system type... hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11
checking if building in the top-level or dist directories... no
... output omitted ...
checking stddef.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: stddef.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: stddef.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: stddef.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: stddef.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: stddef.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: stddef.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to Oracle Technology Network Berkeley DB forum ##
configure: WARNING: ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
checking for stddef.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) no
checking for off_t... no
configure: error: No off_t type.

[Hemmetter · Accepted solution]

Hi Pete,

what compiler/buildchain do you use?

see:
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=1596179

rgds
HGH