Bug#442645: exim4: newer BDB

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2007-09-20 Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:53:26AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Clint Adams:
>>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:53:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
>>>> I have changed the Build-Depends. Things would have been faster one
>>>> could easily learn which bdb version is the recommended one this week.

>>> You can build-depend upon libdb-dev (>= 4.6.19-1), though I'm not sure
>>> that's the recommendation you're looking for.

>> Berkeley DB upgrades change the API (in addition to the ABI), so
>> explicitly versioned dependencies (libdb4.6-dev et al.) are better.

> So, package maintainers need to be aware which Berkeley DB is
> recommended to be used for appropriate dependencies. I have been
> informed that it is not always a brilliant idea to use latest Berkeley
> DB, right?

Which seems exactly what is happening here. ;-) The db-maintainers start
filing bug reports once they think a transition to a later version is
called for.

cu and- Just rying to cut a gordian knot. -reas
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