Berkeley db vers. 4.4.20

[David Relson]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:29:03
djh wrote:

> 
> <If I have sent this mail below, I apologize. I lost track going through documentation and the editor crashed on me.>
> 
> I have a question regarding the database code in bogofilter.
> 
> Background:
> 
> Platform: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02
> Bogofilter:  bogofilter-1.0.1
>     Berkeley Database information from /usr/include/db.h
> 	  #define	DB_VERSION_MAJOR	4
> 	  #define	DB_VERSION_MINOR	4
> 	  #define	DB_VERSION_PATCH	20
> 	  #define	DB_VERSION_STRING	"Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.4.20: (January 10, 2006)"
> 
> 
> Bogofilter does compiler well and seems to run well.
> 
> But, am I deluding myself?  Or does bogofilter support db 4.4.20?
> 
> In the bogofilter source file:   
>    	   			  		 		 datastore_db.c
> 
> 
> There is only mention of berkeley db up to 4.2 (looked like one mention of 4.3).
> 
> I presume I was lucky and there were no interface changes in db 4.4.20, but
> I have to be mistaken.
> 
> Is there any way to test this?
> 
> Regards,
>   Darel Henman

Hello Darel,

File doc/README.db mentions that Berkeley DB 4.4.16 is supported by
bogofilter.  As 4.4.20 is a bug fix release, there should be no
problems with it.  When you built bogofilter with 4.4.20 did you use
"make check"?  Doing this tests the basic functionality of the
bogofilter/database combination (as compared to exhaustive testing).

Also, last week Matthias did some testing with 4.4.20, and updated
README.db with commit message "4.4.20 has a dozen bug fixes, half of
them important, so bump the requirement".

So, 4.4.20 is an excellent choice for you.

Regards,

David

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