[plug] Shared perl library (on Debian)

[Denis Brown]

Hello,

I have a Debian potato installation with perl 5.005 installed from a .deb
file.  I now want to compile PostgreSQL (from source) with the
"with-perl" option but during the configuration I get an error -- cannot
find shared library libperl.so   I need the "with-perl" option because I
plan to use perl to get PostgreSQL talking with Apache.  Basically LAMP
with MySQL being sub'd by Postgres.

Fair enough on the error message; a search finds only libperl.a   A hunt
through the Debian packages fails to show any perl package specifically
mentioning shared libraries.

I have downloaded the perl sources from CPAN and am ready to build my own
with shared support but just before I embark on this exercise perhaps
someone on the list has "been there and done that" and wouldn't mind
sharing the knowledge.  There may be a way of controlling the apt-get
installation process to provide shared library support for example -- but
I doubt it because I have not seen any option-passing employed with .deb's
before.  It may be possible to use a RH perl .rpm, assuming there's a
compilation with shared library support.

Comments appreciated.
TIA,
Denis