dsniff @2.4: error: Berkeley DB with 1.85 compatibility not found

[dgonyier (Dwaine Gonyier)]

Fails build:

checking for Berkeley DB with 1.85 compatibility... configure: error: Berkeley DB with 1.85 compatibility not found

See attached build log.

[dgonyier (Dwaine Gonyier)]

main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This was reported before but could not be reproduced. Let us know if you can provide more details.

[dlamija (Muhammed Ramiza)]

Got the same error. Dsniff falid to locate db.h for Berkely DB with 1.85 compatability. Previouslt it's provided by db44 (/opt/local/include/db44/db.h) ...Still clang failed to locate but can be fixed by creting symbolic link /opt/local/include/db.h into opt/local/include/db44/db.h .

Now with db48. got new error.

:info:build ./record.c:209:14: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 2, have 1
:info:build         db->close(db);
:info:build         ~~~~~~~~~   ^
:info:build 9 warnings and 4 errors generated.
:info:build make: *** [record.o] Error 1

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #59559.

Presumably the OS BerkeleyDB is no longer built with this option. The MacPorts db ports aren't either, except for the db46 port which has an optional +compat185 variant. I guess we should delete the +compat185 variant and just turn that feature on unconditionally, and in as many other db ports as we have that support it.

can be fixed by creting symbolic link /opt/local/include/db.h into opt/local/include/db44/db.h

That's not a good idea. You should delete the symlink you created.