On 9/26/20 11:33 PM, Christopher Gregory via blfs-support wrote:
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2020 at 1:36 PM
From: "Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: "Bruce Dubbs" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Berkeley DB
On 9/26/20 6:36 PM, Scott Andrews via blfs-support wrote:
On 9/26/20 6:40 PM, Ken Moffat via blfs-support wrote:
On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 06:18:14PM -0400, Scott Andrews via
blfs-support wrote:
On 9/26/20 5:44 PM, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support wrote:
On 9/26/20 4:26 PM, Scott Andrews via blfs-support wrote:
Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.5
Chapter 22. Databases
Berkeley DB-6.0.20
Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 9.0
Chapter 22. Databases
Berkeley DB-5.3.28
Why was Berkeley DB-6.0.20 reverted to Berkeley DB-5.3.28?
These both are way behind, Berkeley DB 18.1 (18.1.40)
https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/berkeleydb-downloads.html
This is not a true open source version. Oracle is not friendly to open
source. In your link below you have to "sign in" to get the source
code.
Note that Arch and Debian also use version 5.3.28.
-- Bruce
Berkley DB was at DB-6.0.20 in BLFS Version 7.5, WHY REVERT?
I remember being involved in the revert, but it was a long while ago
and I do not recall the details, but probably that the DB-6 version
was not being used by anyone else, and therefore it seemed like a
bad idea.
Please find the last version where we used DB-6, then look at the
changelog in the next version, and then look at the list archives
around that date (primarily for -dev, but I suspect someone also
asked on -support after the change).
Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.2 Berkeley DB-6.2.23
Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.3 Berkeley DB-5.3.28
Or, you can compile whatever software/versions you wish on your own
system. But if you are distributing binaries, remember to check
that the licenses are compatible.
More generally, when we decide to revert versions that often gets
discussed on -dev and will therefore be in the archives (sometimes
the problem is pointed out on -support before we revert, other times
it's all on -dev).
There is no good reason to revert it:
http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/10989
* The Oracle Berkeley DB product is licensed
* under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE:
*
*
* GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
* Version 3, 19 November 2007
I use db-6.0.20 with rpm and yellowdog updater
No issues, I also have some pgms written by me that use the rpm db and
they have not failed to function.
Your distro, your rules.
-- Bruce
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This is just a slimeball who has too much time on its hands. It has never done
anything for anyone other than itself in its worthless existence. It is
probably an employee of Oracle that is busy sucking its daddies DICK whilst
posting this garbage to the list.
Who the fuck cares that it is using rpm on a NON redhat system.
So bottom line shit for brains:
DO NOT POST ANYTHING TO THIS MAILING LIST IF YOU WANT YOUR MAIL SERVER TO
SURVIVE.
Christopher.
So you who doesn't know anything about me has to verbally attack someone
asking why Berkley db was revered. That happens to be a VALID
question. So far I have not gotten an answer to that question that has
any merit. The fact that versions of Berkley db has been used in
several versions of LFS/BLFS shows that there isn't any technical reason
it can not be used, as the books state that it works for that version of
the book. The license is a dual license and the only change was to GPL
it so it really are no reason to use it. LFS/BLFS uses some questionable
licensed packages as a standard practice. Again post a VALID reason for
not using or reverting to an older version.
I will post what I please, i will not be intimidated by you or anyone
else. The fact that you have not been removed from these mailing lists
also speaks volumes about LFS.
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