bf_compact drops the db environment

[Matthias Andree]

Bill McClain <wmcclain at salamander.com> writes:

> [This is my third try on this, the other messages must have been lost
> during the list crash].
>
> This is a very small point but it startled me. I had not added
> db_transaction=yes to my configuration file, instead relying on the
> auto-detection feature. bf_compact in 0.94.3 therefore dropped the db
> environment. Adding db_transaction=yes restored the behavior I expected
> when I ran bf_compact again.
>
> bf_compact is such a simple utility I'm not sure it's worth trying to
> add auto-detection to it. Just wanted to mention.

Auto-detection is easy enough with find(1) checking for log.??????????
files, and maintenance scripts have no business switching your databases
mode around.

Fix to appear in CVS in a few minutes, barring unforeseen network
outage.

Thank you for reporting this problem!

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Matthias Andree