Re: ./configure --with-berkeley-db gives incomplete message

Nathan Hartman <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:41:07 -0400

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On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM Michael Osipov <[email protected]> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> the configure script for 1.14.5 gives me:
>   --with-berkeley-db[=HEADER:INCLUDES:LIB_SEARCH_DIRS:LIBS]
>                           The Subversion Berkeley DB based filesystem
> library
>                           requires Berkeley DB $db_version or
> $db_alt_version.
>                           If you specify `--without-berkeley-db', that
> library
>                           will not be built. If you omit the argument of
> this
>                           option completely, the configure script will use
>                           Berkeley DB used by APR-UTIL.
>
> $db_alt_version is defined with "5.x", but not rendered. $db_version is
> set dynamically with a case and is valid as well.
>
> Maybe someone wants to check why they are not interpolated for help output.
>
> Michael
>

Hi Michael,

Did this same invocation work as expected with an earlier SVN release? If
so, which release was that? That will help immensely...

Thanks,
Nathan