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I have posted dollybase (dbase) and the pdf help file converted to text
as http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/dollybase.tgz (about 90K)

glibc 2.2.5
Needs also shared (.so) libgpm libform libmenu libncurses
I don't see any way to remove the gpm dependency.


The instructions are in Spanish.  The program is in English. I have not 
got it to import its own test file books.dbf.  CDBF will import that.

I created a small sample file without entries, and CDBF database program 
says it is incorrect format.  dollybase is set to create dBase II.  I 
could change to III or IV in theory, but when I try 'SET VERSION has no 
effect since is not implemented in libdollybase' (prealpha)

-lform -lmenu and -lcurses instruct ld to link against dynamic libraries 
libform libmenu and libcurses

What on earth is -ll ?  The search engines won't search on it for me.

How would I compile for libc5 when I also have glibc in my BL?  Do I edit 
the Makefile or tell configure where to look for libc?

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> dollybase - 2005 prealpha version.
>
> The program is supposed to view, edit, and export dbf files (to SQL, CSV,
> HTML) and import PostgreSQL.
>
>  It won't compile (in BL2, where I have ncurses as required)
> Compiles the libraries and then gets stuck:
> gcc -w -I ./src/header -I ./libdbase -I ./src/lxdialog
> src/dbase.c -o dbase libdbase/.libs/libdbase_0.1_s.a
> src/cdk/libcdk.a -lcurse -ll -lmenu -lform
> /usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld:  cannot find -ll
>
> Exited with Error 1 after compiling libdbase libraries correctly (I also
> compiled them in a separate package).
>
> I removed the -ll from two places in Makefile and it then compiled but
> would not work ('This kink [sic] of file' is not supported, even its own
> sample file).  It did display things in overlapping console 'windows' but
> would not view any dbf files.
>
> What is -ll?  An online search was not helpful/understandable. Am I
> missing some piece needed to compile?  It uses flex which I do have, and
> ar and ncurses and curses.
>
> Steven, could you compile this program for BL3.50?  I can't be the only BL
> user with leftover .dbf files from DOS.  The only three DOS programs I
> still use are Wordperfect, a small CAD program, and a couple of database
> viewers/editors (CDBF in DOS is less buggy than in linux).
>
> dollybase-0.1-prealpha-noruntime.tar.gz is the source code