The following reply was made to PR pkg/31088; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: pancake@phreaker.net
Subject: Re: pkg/31088: perl5 required databases/gdbm
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:30:36 -0700 (PDT)

 On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 pancake@phreaker.net wrote:
 
 > Checking for optional libraries...
 > What libraries to use? [-lnsl -lgdbm -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc]
 
 I think this was caused by detecting it because already installed.
 
 Maybe set LIBSWANTED.Linux in the pkgsrc/lang/perl5/Makefile.
 
 I'd try it without -lgdbm.
 
 (See note about LIBSWANTED in the file.)
 
 > 	IMHO perl must require gdbm.
 
 I don't know. But it doesn't appear to be required for me on my Linux 
 systems.
 
   Jeremy C. Reed
 
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