2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/packages/db/db_4.2.52.bb b/meta/packages/db/db_4.2.52.bb
index f1ea534d5f..7229e91471 100644
--- a/meta/packages/db/db_4.2.52.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/db/db_4.2.52.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ VIRTUAL_NAME ?= "virtual/db"
 CONFLICTS = "db3"
 PR = "r7"
 
-SRC_URI = "http://downloads.sleepycat.com/db-${PV}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI = "http://downloads.sleepycat.com/db-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://configure_fixes.patch;patch=1 "
 #SRC_URI_MD5 = "http://downloads.sleepycat.com/db-${PV}.tar.gz.md5"
 #TODO SRC_URI += "file://arm-thumb-mutex.patch;patch=1"
 
diff --git a/meta/packages/db/files/configure_fixes.patch b/meta/packages/db/files/configure_fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80aa0e7c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/db/files/configure_fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+If LD is a binary name + parameters db will fail to work out its GNU ld
+and disable shared libraries. We don't want this.
+
+RP - 22/11/2007
+
+Index: dist/configure
+===================================================================
+--- dist.orig/configure 2007-11-23 00:47:27.000000000 +0000
++++ dist/configure      2007-11-23 00:53:22.000000000 +0000
+@@ -5658,7 +5661,7 @@ if test "${lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld+set}" = set
+   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+ else
+   # I'd rather use --version here, but apparently some GNU ld's only accept -v.
+-case `"$LD" -v 2>&1 </dev/null` in
++case `$LD -v 2>&1 </dev/null` in
+ *GNU* | *'with BFD'*)
+   lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld=yes
+   ;;