db3 w Ac

[Jakub Bogusz]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 12:37:27PM +0200, Radoslaw Zielinski wrote:
>       If you force the check to accept a version different from 3.1.17, your
>       binary of Evolution will be using a different format from the chosen
>       one; this means that it will not be able to read addressbook databases
>       created by other versions of Evolution which were compiled in the
>       standard way.  Also, we DO NOT GUARRANTEE that Evolution will work
>       with different versions of libdb at all, even if it can be trivially
>       made to compile against them.

AFAIK db4(.1) bez problemów czyta bazy db3 (ale nie w drugą stronę)

>       SPECIAL NOTE FOR BINARY PACKAGERS:
>   
>       If you are making binary packages for end-users (e.g. if you are a
>       distribution vendor), please statically link Evolution to Berkeley
>       DB 3.1.17, as mandated by the configure.in check.  DO NOT patch
>       configure.in to work around the check.  Forcing the check to link
>       to a different version of the library will only give headaches and
>       pain to your users, who will see their addressbook disappear and
>       will complain to us (the Evolution team) about losing their data.
>   
>       Besides, libdb will be linked statically, which means that your
>       distribution doesn't actually need to ship DB 3.1.17 itself
>       separately.

Dla mnie brzmi to jak zachęta "don't use this software" :>

>       The Evolution team will be infinitely grateful for your
>       co-operation.  Thanks!

Ależ proszę bardzo, nie zacznę używać ;)


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