[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#586962: Bug#586962: db-defaults: Please provide unversioned db-util package
Clint Adams
schizo at debian.org
Wed Jun 23 23:08:10 UTC 2010
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 01:02:49AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> As subject says, please provide a db-util package, which provides
> unversioned symlinks to the BerkeleyDB utilities for the currently
> default library.
>
> This makes it possible to update the netatalk package, now that it
> supports automated db upgrades, to link against unversioned library and
> util packages. Due to not supporting automated db upgrades in the past,
> the package needs to recommend the related util package and document how
> to manually upgrade db files. If only library is provided unversioned,
> there is a risk of library and util packages getting out of sync.
Okay, I agree with this.
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