On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 01:33:55PM +0800, Kevin Buckley via blfs-dev wrote: > Hi there, > > I normally add in the Berkeley DB package as part of my LFS build, > just so I can enable the extra server in Inetutils. > > I note though that the BLFS version is 5.3.28, whilst the last of that > series, ie before Oracle changed the version-numbering system, is > 6.2.32. > > I just wanted to point out that in building various 8.X LFS-s, I have > used the 6.2.n series and, apart from not needing the patch that > the BLFS book suggests that the 5.2.38 version requires, I have > not had any problems with it. > > Is there then a reason for not using, at least, 6.2.32 as the BLFS > Berkeley DB version now? > > Kevin
Your system, your choice, and if it breaks you get to keep all the pieces. But seriously, breakage with 6 is unlikely, but with 18 who knows what changed ? In general linux distros have stayed with 5 because of the license changes in 6. AFAICS nobody else was using 18, which opens the possibility tha it might change something. In addition, the (few) packages which use Berkeley DB know about 5, and some of them know about 6). Using 5 seemed the least dangerous approach. http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-support/2018-August/080300.html http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/10989#ticket And if you were to try building 5.3.28 on a current system you would find that hte patch is indeed required for v5. ĸen -- Tout est bien, tout va bien, tout va pour le mieux qu'il soit possible -- Candide, de Voltaire (Everything is for the best, in the best of all possible worlds) -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
