Bug#621442: uses libdb4.8
Package: tcpstat Severity: normal Hi, is there a reason why you link and depend to a specific version of libdb? It doesn't seem that tcpstat use anything special from Berkeley DB (transactions) so there is no reason to depend on libdbX.Y-dev instead of libdb-dev. Could you please do that change? Ondrej -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#621442: uses libdb4.8
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 03:52:10PM +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote: Package: tcpstat Severity: normal Hi, is there a reason why you link and depend to a specific version of libdb? There isn't necessarily. I don't know much about libdb myself, but in previous releases I had problems trying to link with -ldb. It was probably my own fault, though. It doesn't seem that tcpstat use anything special from Berkeley DB (transactions) so there is no reason to depend on libdbX.Y-dev instead of libdb-dev. Could you please do that change? It certainly doesn't use transactions. In fact, the only reason the package uses libdb is to create an in-memory hash (it doesn't even create any files). I'll try to make the package depend on libdb-dev instead. However, I have a question regarding that change. By depending on a generic libdb-dev, don't I risk the package breaking when future versions of libdb are released? []'s Rafael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#621442: uses libdb4.8
On 18.4.2011, at 17:18, Rafael Cunha de Almeida raf...@kontesti.me wrote: On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 03:52:10PM +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote: Package: tcpstat Severity: normal Hi, is there a reason why you link and depend to a specific version of libdb? There isn't necessarily. I don't know much about libdb myself, but in previous releases I had problems trying to link with -ldb. It was probably my own fault, though. Not necessarily... The db packages changed a lot on unstable. It doesn't seem that tcpstat use anything special from Berkeley DB (transactions) so there is no reason to depend on libdbX.Y-dev instead of libdb-dev. Could you please do that change? It certainly doesn't use transactions. In fact, the only reason the package uses libdb is to create an in-memory hash (it doesn't even create any files). I'll try to make the package depend on libdb-dev instead. Cool, it is much appreciated. However, I have a question regarding that change. By depending on a generic libdb-dev, don't I risk the package breaking when future versions of libdb are released? That would be my fault as Berkeley DB maintainer. If there is such risk I will inform you (and all other affected packages). O. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
