maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 294773] lang/python311: add libgdbm_compat.so as a required shared library

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:25:28 UTC

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Bug 294773: lang/python311: add libgdbm_compat.so as a required shared library
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=294773



--- Description ---
While updating my nanoBSD system, I noticed the installation of packages failed
due to
"pkg: Missing shlib libgdbm_compat.so.4 required by python311".

On checking, `pkg info -d python311` already lists libgdbm_compat.so (and
hence, gdbm) as a dependency. Adding libgdbm_compat.so to LIB_DEPENDS fixes the
error above.

This also seems to be the case for python310.