ndbm.h is needed by python for dbm module. This is why -enable-libgdbm-compat was added
to configure.
The second change is because python is looking for the gdbm headers in include/gdbm.
The easiest way to solve this issue is to add symlinks in include/gdbm.
[YOCTO #1937]
Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei@gherzan.ro>
LICENSE = "GPLv3"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=241da1b9fe42e642cbb2c24d5e0c4d24"
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gdbm/gdbm-${PV}.tar.gz"
inherit autotools gettext lib_package
+# Needed for dbm python module
+EXTRA_OECONF = "-enable-libgdbm-compat"
+
BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+do_install_append () {
+ # Create a symlink to ndbm.h and gdbm.h in include/gdbm to let other packages to find
+ # these headers
+ install -d ${D}${includedir}/gdbm
+ ln -sf ../ndbm.h ${D}/${includedir}/gdbm/ndbm.h
+ ln -sf ../gdbm.h ${D}/${includedir}/gdbm/gdbm.h
+}