http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/040c751e5497 changeset: 73840:040c751e5497 branch: 3.2 user: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> date: Sat Dec 03 22:37:14 2011 +0100 summary: Remove outdated question (the bsddb module isn't included anymore) files: Doc/faq/general.rst | 34 --------------------------------- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst --- a/Doc/faq/general.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/general.rst @@ -469,38 +469,3 @@ If you want to discuss Python's use in education, you may be interested in joining `the edu-sig mailing list <http://python.org/community/sigs/current/edu-sig>`_. - - -Upgrading Python -================ - -What is this bsddb185 module my application keeps complaining about? --------------------------------------------------------------------- - -.. XXX remove this question? - -Starting with Python2.3, the distribution includes the `PyBSDDB package -<http://pybsddb.sf.net/>` as a replacement for the old bsddb module. It -includes functions which provide backward compatibility at the API level, but -requires a newer version of the underlying `Berkeley DB -<http://www.sleepycat.com>`_ library. Files created with the older bsddb module -can't be opened directly using the new module. - -Using your old version of Python and a pair of scripts which are part of Python -2.3 (db2pickle.py and pickle2db.py, in the Tools/scripts directory) you can -convert your old database files to the new format. Using your old Python -version, run the db2pickle.py script to convert it to a pickle, e.g.:: - - python2.2 <pathto>/db2pickley.py database.db database.pck - -Rename your database file:: - - mv database.db olddatabase.db - -Now convert the pickle file to a new format database:: - - python <pathto>/pickle2db.py database.db database.pck - -The precise commands you use will vary depending on the particulars of your -installation. For full details about operation of these two scripts check the -doc string at the start of each one. -- Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython