At 10:42 AM 9/26/2001 -0500, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
>According to Don Brady:
> > Let me try to explain better:
> >
> > (1) ht:://Dig comes with and uses Berkeley DB 1 (an older version of
> > Berkeley DB).
>
>The db/README file in the 3.1.5 source distribution states:
>
> This is version 2.6.4 (12/16/98) of Sleepycat Software's Berkeley DB
> product.
>
>Is this version number different from the DB versions to which you're
>referring?
Yes that is all part of db1. (I assume they started renumbering along the way).
> > (2) Whatsnew.pl uses the BerkeleyDB Perl interface which states in part:
> > "BerkeleyDB is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the
> > facilities provided by Berkeley DB version 2 or 3. (Note: if you want to
> > use version 1 of Berkeley DB with Perl you need the DB_File module)."
> >
> > Thus one cannot use whatsnew.pl with htdig as far as I can determine,
> > because they require different versions of Berkeley db itself (version
> 2 or
> > 3 for whatsnew versus version 1 for htdig).
>
>Well, I haven't personally used whatsnew.pl, but it was written to work
>with htdig 3.1.5, and others do use it successfully. I don't know the
>root cause of the incompatibility you're observing on your system, but
>I can assure you it's not universal.
I'm just worried that maybe the reason it works for some people is that
Berkeley DB2 may have been more compatible with the htdig version 1
database than is db3, the current version that I am using.
> >You're not the first person ever
>to try out this script. Jumping to the broad and absolute conclusion
>that one cannot use this script with htdig does little to contribute to
>finding the incompatibility on your system.
My error in wording, sorry.
Don
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