FAQ Answer: Compiling 2.0.3 on Red Hat Linux 7.2 (requires BerkeleyDB 3.2 or later)

[Kirk Bauer]

I have seen lots of people talk about this problem, but no solutions for
anything after 2.0.1.  

So, here is my system:
   cfengine 2.0.3
   Red Hat Linux 7.2
   db 3.2.9 
      /lib/libdb-3.2.so
      /usr/include/db.h
      /usr/include/db3/db.h

The configure script fails:
   checking for BerkeleyDB location... /usr
   checking Berkeley DB Version... configure: error: This release of cfengine 
requires BerkeleyDB 3.2 or later

Here is how I fixed the problem:

   1) I editied the configure script in the base directory.  I found two
      sections like this:

    { { echo "$as_me:3445: error: This release of cfengine requires BerkeleyDB 
3.2 or later" >&5
echo "$as_me: error: This release of cfengine requires BerkeleyDB 3.2 or later" 
>&2;}
   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }

      And I changed it to this:

    { { echo "$as_me:3445: error: This release of cfengine requires BerkeleyDB 
3.2 or later" >&5
echo "$as_me: error: This release of cfengine requires BerkeleyDB 3.2 or later" 
>&2;}
    }


   2) I edited src/Makefile, searched for '-ldb3' and replaced all
      occurences with '-ldb'

Just figured I would pass this info along.