Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 14:31:49 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching /etc/*.db from bdb to tinycdb Message-ID: <20120502123149.GI31034@azathoth.lan> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BhQ2%2Bgv%2BQ7SXbK-G5Lybjt4XOF_b3EvyxtQiOCL7pGxmgWRcg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120502114115.GG31034@azathoth.lan> <CA%2BhQ2%2Bgv%2BQ7SXbK-G5Lybjt4XOF_b3EvyxtQiOCL7pGxmgWRcg@mail.gmail.com>
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--HkMjoL2LAeBLhbFV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 02:26:36PM +0200, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wro= te: >=20 > > Hi, > > > > I plan to work on switching all the /etc/*.db files from bdb 1.85 to cdb > > (using > > the tinycdb implementation) > > > > Reason for doing that: > > 1/ we use the *.db files as a constant database on recreating them using > > *_mkdb(8) commands > > 2/ bdb 1.85 database are endianness dependant which can cause problem i= f I > > want > > pkgng to be able to create users when cross installing packages (like > > adding > > packages in a mips eb chroot environment on an amd64 host) > > 3/ the tinycdb API is clean and easy to use (I find it easier and clean= er > > to > > deal with it) > > 4/ tinycdb is public domain so not problem for us to use it. > > > > On the side effects, I'm not sure this is relevant but tinycdb is also > > faster to > > read then bdb 1.85. > > > > How do I plan to do it. > > > > I plan to import the read part or tinycdb into libc and the write part = into > > libutil (to avoid cluttering libc). > > > > Why importing to libc? to allow all the get*ent to parse the /etc/*.db > > files > > >=20 > just curious, where do we have the bdb 1.85 routines now ? > Are they all in libc, or split between libc and libutil ? All in libc regards, Bapt --HkMjoL2LAeBLhbFV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+hKTUACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EwidACdHUCm8psv/aqDEWgzcPYyZDRI YG8AoIbPnB9sJeXDPx8r0SpJLoDs+OlT =LQQX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HkMjoL2LAeBLhbFV--
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