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  Server: rpm5.org                         Name:   Ralf S. Engelschall
  Root:   /v/rpm/cvs                       Email:  rse@rpm5.org
  Module: rpm                              Date:   27-Jun-2007 20:05:12
  Branch: HEAD                             Handle: 2007062719051200

  Modified files:
    rpm/db3                 configure

  Log:
    after stumbling over this the second time and again wondered, let me
    add a few comments here, please

  Summary:
    Revision    Changes     Path
    1.31        +6  -0      rpm/db3/configure
  ____________________________________________________________________________

  patch -p0 <<'@@ .'
  Index: rpm/db3/configure
  ============================================================================
  $ cvs diff -u -r1.30 -r1.31 configure
  --- rpm/db3/configure	27 Jun 2007 10:52:35 -0000	1.30
  +++ rpm/db3/configure	27 Jun 2007 18:05:12 -0000	1.31
  @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
              -e 's%--without-db-mutex%%' \
   `"
   
  +#   NOTICE:
  +#   1. "--enable-shared" is there for enforcing GNU libtool usage only
  +#      as Berkeley-DB "configure" else would not use GNU libtool at all.
  +#   2. "--enable-static" is there for enforcing the building of a static
  +#      version of the libdb objects RPM actually is interested in.
  +
   CC="$CC" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" $db_dist/configure $ARGS \
   	--enable-shared --enable-static \
   	--with-uniquename=_rpmdb --srcdir=$db_dist
  @@ .