On Fri, Aug 03, 2018 at 04:15:27PM -0400, scrat wrote:
>
> On 08/03/2018 01:59 PM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> > I've now raised ticket
> > http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/10989#ticket
> > for this. I documented the reasons on -dev in
> > http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/10989#ticket
> > but since most users don't read -dev I'll mention it here too.
> >
> > AFAICS, use of DB version 5 is a known and expected situation, so
> > the details of what changed internally in a given version do not
> > need to concern us (unlike any possible changes from v6 to v18).
> > So, once it builds (Arch apply a patch) it should just drop in and
> > reduce our maintenance.
> >
> > But maybe I'm missing something, or perhaps people think that
> > reverting to an old stable version is generally undesirable. If so,
> > this is your chance to speak up.
> >
> > NB - I'm already overdrawn on the time I'm committing to BLFS. All
> > being well, I'll look at this on my *next* build (that will be
> > several days away) where I plan to experimentally try newer versions
> > of some packages to see if htey cause problems.
> >
> > ĸen
>
> I build rpm with Berkeley DB version 6.0.20. and have not had an issues for
> 2 years.
> I do not use the Arch linux patch, it builds straight up for me.
> What was the issue with version 6?
The apparent issue is with building version _5_ on current systems.
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