Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:14:28 -0600 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Raphael Eiselstein <rabe@uugrn.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using just db44 for all instead of mixed usage of db41/db42/db44 (was: Re: mutt vs db44 // Bug in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.database.mk ?) Message-ID: <CACdU%2Bf8HmvjzugmHXK15O4JJdJEkjgfoMmDyL7riobbne_r=OA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130215230004.GB4056@ma.sigsys.de> References: <20130208201503.GB4018@ma.sigsys.de> <20130208220108.GC4018@ma.sigsys.de> <86ehgpabwi.wl%hskuhra@eumx.net> <20130209131330.GF4018@ma.sigsys.de> <20130215230004.GB4056@ma.sigsys.de>
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On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Raphael Eiselstein <rabe@uugrn.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just to get an answer to this thread: > > On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 02:13:30PM +0100, Raphael Eiselstein wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 01:51:09PM +0100, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: >> > # <UNIQUENAME>_WITH_BDB_VER >> > in /etc/make.conf? >> havn't tried yet. But for me it makes more sens to pin all ports to the >> *same* version of BDB. > > I set WITH_BDB_HIGHEST=x in my /etc/make.conf of the build-jail. > *All* packages depending on db4x will be linked to db44 now, as this is > the highest version. > > I haven't test all binaries "in depth" but different build runds were fine > for the last couple of days and I didn't see any problems yet (libchk ...) > >> Is there any problem linking db44 to *any* port? > > I didn't see some, but ... ? > >> Why do we have so much versions of bdb in our ports? > > I guess there must be technical reasons for this. Can anyone explain? > Where are the differneces between db41, db42 and db44? Why not just > shipping db44 or higher? > The reason that there are so many BDB versions in ports is that several of the functions had additional arguments added or swapped between versions. Some ports will require either: - patching to work with latest versions of BDB - upgrade to latest source version that works with the latest version of BDB -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were maimed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
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