Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 11:00:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/21659: Berkeley db library is statically compiled into libc, which make use of newer BDB very difficult, if possible at all Message-ID: <200010031800.LAA72046@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/21659; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: matrix@ipform.ru Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/21659: Berkeley db library is statically compiled into libc, which make use of newer BDB very difficult, if possible at all Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 13:50:11 -0400 (EDT) <<On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 03:07:02 -0700 (PDT), matrix@ipform.ru said: > Stop statically linking libdb into libc. Make a separate libdb > library, so user can easily upgrade berkeley db library when newer > releases are available. Impractical. Several important libc functions depend on having databases available. Something which exports an ndbm-compatible interface is required by SUSv3/POSIX.1-200x. The on-disk file formats are in any case incompatible between db 1.x and db y.x for all y > 1. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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