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Re: Start of db 3.0.x support for nss_db

To: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at wins dot uva dot nl>
Subject: Re: Start of db 3.0.x support for nss_db
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>
Date: 05 Jan 2000 08:50:41 -0800
Cc: aj at suse dot de, libc-hacker at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <u81z7wq42b.fsf@gromit.rhein-neckar.de> <200001051408.PAA10615@landau.wins.uva.nl>
Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> writes:

> However, I'm not sure whether having a fixed list of library names is
> such a good idea.  The format of the databases on disk depens in the
> DB version.

I don't consider this a problem at all.  The .db files can be very
easily regenerated.  Just run the makefile.  Therefore those who are
updating the libdb can regenerate the .db files.  And while they have
not done it the system still runs sine it falls back on the normal
files.

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References:
- Start of db 3.0.x support for nss_db
  - From: Andreas Jaeger
- Re: Start of db 3.0.x support for nss_db
  - From: Mark Kettenis

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