Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:20:23 +0300 (EEST) From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> To: sheldonh@starjuice.net (Sheldon Hearn) Cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr (Giorgos Keramidas), bostic@sleepycat.com (Keith Bostic), mi@aldan.algebra.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, wes@softweyr.com Subject: Re: picking a DB (Re: nvi maintainer?) Message-ID: <200107101620.f6AGKsF01943@vega.vega.com> In-Reply-To: <52429.994778677@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> from "Sheldon Hearn" at Jul 10, 2001 05:24:37 PM
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> > > > On 10 Jul 2001 17:49:54 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Is DB 3.x the only workaround for these bugs? > > Even if it's not, it's a bit much to expect SleepyCat to do the extra > work of providing the alternative fix. > > I think this has probably gone as far as it can for now. > > The next step is for someone to see how hard it is to provide libc hooks > for the DB 3.x functionality that nvi requires, without removing the > existing DB 1.x functionality that other subsystems require. At the first glance it is not a big problem - nvi could build its own private static DB3 library and link against it, leaving DB 1.x for libc. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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