[pkg-db-devel] Bug#728216: libdb5.1: put libdb5.1 in squeeze-backports

[David Magda]

Package: libdb5.1
Version: 5.1.29-5
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Given that wheezy only has libdb5.1, but squeeze only has varous libdb4.x libraries, there may arise a situation where software compiled for libdb4 will not have anything available to resolve library dependencies.

This may not be the case with most/all of the included software in Debian, but if people have compiled stuff in /usr/local, there may be dependency issues when upgrades from Debian 6 to 7 occur.

Would it be possible to put libdb5.1[-dev] in squeeze-backports as a way to bridge the jump in version numbers and 'future proof' any compilations that we're doing right now?


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libdb5.1 depends on:
ii  libc6              2.13-38
ii  multiarch-support  2.13-38

libdb5.1 recommends no packages.

libdb5.1 suggests no packages.

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