RE: glib installation problem

["BASS, Ned" <nbass shl com>]

ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/db/ db-1.85.4-src.tar.gz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buch, Bill [mailto:bbuch@fmgnet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 11:45 AM
> To: 'BASS, Ned'
> Subject: RE: glib installation problem
> 
> 
> Have any idea of what version of libdb I need and where to find it?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	BASS, Ned [SMTP:nbass@shl.com]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:29 PM
> > To:	Buch, Bill; 'gnome-list@gnome.org'
> > Subject:	RE: glib installation problem
> > 
> > This error came up in the list a few weeks ago.  See the 
> thread "(*sigh)
> > new
> > gnome-libs problems" for more information.  I am pasting Miguel's
> > response:
> > 
> > 
> > > I've been having this problem for the last month or so.
> > > 
> > > The problem here is the line around line 297 in
> > > gnome-libs/libgnome/gnome-magic.c that says:
> > > 
> > >   g_snprintf(newent.mimetype, sizeof(newent.mimetype), 
> "%s", curpos);
> > 
> > Hello guys,
> > 
> >    Yosh has pointed out why this is not working as intended. 
> > 
> >    the gnome-libs link against the -ldb library.  This 
> library on some
> > systems provides a wrapper for snprintf using sprintf (if snprintf
> > does not exist, it does this).
> > 
> >    glib implements g_snprintf in terms of snprintf if the system has
> > one, or uses an internal implementation if this is not available.
> > 
> >    So, what happens is that db is not correctly compiled in your
> > system.  I suggest people reinstall or update their db package.
> > 
> > Miguel.
> > 
> > 
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Buch, Bill [mailto:bbuch@fmgnet.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 6:21 AM
> > > To: 'gnome-list@gnome.org'
> > > Subject: glib installation problem
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I have been looking a gnome for sometime now, and have 
> > > decided to install
> > > it.  After compiling gnome-libs-0.99.3 successfully, i go to 
> > > install all of
> > > the wonderful files.  The only problem is that when it wants 
> > > to create the
> > > mime database out of the mime-magic file, it get a 
> > > segmentation fault.  I
> > > have narrowed it down to the returning value (array) of 
> > > elements read in by
> > > gnome-magic.c  Has anyone else gotten this kind of error before?
> > > 
> > > 
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