Compilation problem with Python < 2.6 and db >= 4.7

kiorky kiorky at cryptelium.net
Mon Jul 20 18:51:42 EDT 2009


Martin v. Löwis a écrit :
>> Is there a way to make the bsddb module compile against db>=4.7 for python < 2.6
>> (2.4.6, 2.5.4)?
> 
> I don't think so, no.
> 
>> I didn't find something on it.
> 
> If you don't want to use pybsddb either, for fear of incompatible API,
> your only choice is to port _bsddb.c to the newer db versions. BSDDB
> is in the tradition of both breaking the data format and the API
> frequently, so we (python-dev) have given up on it.

Yup, i understand.
I will be lazy and fall back as all packaging systems do, and keep in the
minitage packages tree both db versions.
Thanks for confirmation.

> 
> Regards,
> Martin


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