[Ben Reser] > Just confirming what brane said above is the reason why I did not try > to just build detection of BDB into our configure system. Figuring > out if it's safe to link to some BDB that we find ourselves is > actually really hard. If we could ask APR-Util what version of BDB it > was built against it might be easier, but there's no way to query > that, it only says if BDB is available or not.
Interestingly, the case you tried to fix - libraries with Debian-derived packaging - is also a case where it _is_ safe to link to multiple versions of db in the same app. But you're right, on many other platforms, it is not safe.
