Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : db1-compat (binary package libdb1-compat) Version : 3.1.3 (based on db1-addon-2.1.3.tar.bz2 from glibc) Upstream Author : Sleepycat Software * URL : http://www.sleepycat.com/ * License : Sleepycat licence, same as other libdb* packages Description : The Berkeley database routines [glibc 2.0/2.1 compatibility]
I'm putting together a package that provides libdb.so.2, which was recently removed from glibc. This package is intended only for compatibility with old third-party binaries; if your package ends up using it, it is buggy and should switch to libdb4.0 or similar. Accordingly, there will be no corresponding development package. A preview is available at http://people.debian.org/~cjwatson/db1-compat/, but I haven't fully tested it yet and still need to discuss some details with the glibc maintainers. (So if the .deb there breaks your system, you get to keep both pieces ...) For example, if libc6 is to depend on it for sarge, it'll be Priority: required, otherwise it'll be Priority: extra. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
