On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:52:03 +0200
"Dirk Uys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi everyone.
> 
> When I emerge subversion, i get the following error:
> 
> <snip>
> checking for availability of Berkeley DB... no
> configure: error: Berkeley DB 4.0.14 wasn't found.
> 
> !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
> !!! 
> /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/subversion-1.5.0_rc5/work/subversion-1.5.0-rc5/config.log
>  *
>  * ERROR: dev-util/subversion-1.5.0_rc5 failed.
>  ...
> </snip>
> 
> Here is the output of eix sys-libs/db:
> 
> <snip>
> [D] sys-libs/db
>      Available versions:
>         (1)     *1.85-r1 1.85-r3
>         (3)     3.2.9-r11
>         (4.2)   4.2.52_p4-r2
>         (4.3)   4.3.29-r2
>         (4.4)   (~)4.4.20_p4
>         (4.5)   4.5.20_p2
>         (4.6)   (~)4.6.19 (~)4.6.21
>         {bootstrap doc elibc_FreeBSD java nocxx tcl test}
>      Installed versions:  4.3.29-r2(4.3)(02:52:26 04/20/07)(-bootstrap
> -doc -elibc_FreeBSD -java -nocxx -tcl -test)
>                           4.5.20_p2(4.5)(22:43:07 04/14/08)(-bootstrap
> -doc -elibc_FreeBSD -java -nocxx -tcl -test)
>                           4.6.21_p1(4.6)(20:12:09 06/07/08)(-bootstrap
> -doc -elibc_FreeBSD -java -nocxx -tcl -test)
>      Homepage:
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/index.html
>      Description:         Oracle Berkeley DB
> </snip>
> 
> I'm running ~x86, so I don't expect things to always work. Is this a
> bug, or is there something else wrong?
> 
> Regards
> Dirk


Why don't you just disable the berkdb USE-flag? The usage of
subversion's database backend is discouraged anyway (for most use
cases).

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