berkeley db-4.0.14

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:30:32 +0800
begin  "m.w.chang" <mwchang at netvigator.com> spewed forth:

> 
> openlinux is using 2.7.7.
> will there be detrimental effects if I upgrade it to 4.0.14?

Next to glibc, this is the most important library on your system -- don't
tamper with this unless you know what you're doing or you will break major
portions of your system.  Personally, I'd rather upgrade glibc than db.

If you _do_ upgrade db, you'll find you not only have to recompile almost
everything, but that you may be unable to access any of your .db files
(/etc/mail/access.db, etc.).

One somewhat safe suggestion:  If you need this for just one app, compile
it in a safe location (like in /opt/db/ keeping the libraries in
/opt/db/lib and use LD_LIBRARY variable in shell script that starts just
that one app (and _don't_ put this lib/ in /etc/ld.so.conf)

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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