On Thu, Oct 01, 2009, Armin B. Resch wrote: >Fellow OpenPKG-lers, > >My python build failed after the most recent db rebuild >(db-4.8.24.0-20090920.src.rpm). After some googling, I came across this bug >report + patch: >http://bugs.python.org/issue6949 > >I appended the suggested patch to OpenPKG's python.patch and the build now >works for me. > >Can we include the patch in the central OpenPKG repo?
As a general rule, it's never a good idea to update the Berkeley database routines in a working system as they are (a) a horrible kludge of spaghetti code with APIs that differ even between minor release changes, and (b) they're deeply embedded in far too many things to do it safely. If you want to see some truly messy code, look at the db routines in perl or python sources to see how many #if statements are necessary to handle the differing APIs. Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 The only logical reason to take guns away from responsible people is to give irresponsible people an edge in the perpetration of their crimes against us. -- The Idaho Observer, Vol. 1, No. 2 February 1997 ______________________________________________________________________ OpenPKG http://openpkg.org User Communication List openpkg-users@openpkg.org
