Re: bdb5 is EOL, but still the default version?
- In reply to: Mel Pilgrim : "bdb5 is EOL, but still the default version?"
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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:53:10 UTC
On 12 Dec 2022, at 16:33, Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> wrote: > > I get errors like this in audit logs: > > db5-5.3.28_8: Tag: expiration_date Value: 2022-06-30 > db5-5.3.28_8: Tag: deprecated Value: EOLd, potential security issues, maybe use db18 instead > > But BDB_DEFAULT=5? If db5 is EOL and vulnerable, why not bump the default version to 18? Because the licenses are different, which may not be acceptable to everybody. See also: * https://bugs.freebsd.org/261523 * https://bugs.freebsd.org/261525 * https://bugs.freebsd.org/263123 -Dimitry