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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/hints/broken-db.msg b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/hints/broken-db.msg new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..92ba0776bfc --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/hints/broken-db.msg @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Several OSs come with an old version of the DB library which fails +# on a few of the db-recno.t tests. This file is sourced by the hints +# files for those OSs. + +cat <<EOF >&4 + +Unless you've upgraded your DB library manually you will see failures in +db-recno tests 51, 53 and 55. The behavior these tests are checking is +broken in the DB library which is included with the OS. You can ignore +the errors if you're never going to use the broken functionality (recno +databases with a modified bval), otherwise you'll have to upgrade your +DB library or OS. + +EOF |