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On 25 Apr 2003 09:27:08 -0400 |
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Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 08:00, Mark Gordon wrote: |
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> > Why does it install BerkleyDB 4 rather that depending on it? |
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> > I already have version 4 installed using the ebuild for it since I |
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> > am doing some development work against it (why work do a new project |
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> > against an earlier version?) so having it as part of subversion as |
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> > well seems wrong. |
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> The problem is that db4 is still masked in portage because some |
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> packages won't build against it. There's a goal of getting all |
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> packages in Portage db4-ready, and we're nearly at the point where |
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> people building a brand-new system can build a db4-only system w/o any |
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> real problems. |
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I've obviously not rebuilt any of the problem packages since installing |
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db4. If you want, I might be able to spend some time testing and maybe |
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fixing builds of some packages. |
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> Then we have to come up with a good way to handle the |
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> people who will be upgrading w/o breaking their systems. We probably |
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> need somebody dedicated to working on just db4-related issues right |
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> now, but we don't have the resources at the moment. |
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I cancel my vote for unmasking it, we can't go breaking peoples boxes. |
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If you want anything specific looked at, then I can try to find time to |
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look since Berkeley DB is important for a project I'm on at work. |
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Mark Gordon |
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Currently looking for a new job commutable from Slough, Berks, U.K. |
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