Hi, this has questions for mentors and the mentee. > Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 13:03:54 CDT > To: [email protected] > From: Kermit Tensmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: dblibs > > Can someone explain to me, the hows and whys of libdb and libdb2 as > used in Debian 2.1. > > It seems that a fair number of program, utilities and 'features' > seem to use the 1.85 version, but there is also a 2.4.14 set in > /usr/lib, and a symbolic link to libdb2. > > How does all this fit together?
TO MENTORS: It seems to me that both lib pkgs can coexist on a system. Is that true? > I tried to upgrade a system (libdb 2.7.5 libdb.a libdb.so, and > include files), for building perl5, apache and mod-perl, but a number > of items broke almost at once. TO MENTEE: What did you do to upgrade? install a package or 2? compile source? -Jim
