Re: Moving from BDB5 to BDB18

On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 9:42 PM Jos Chrispijn <bsduser@cloudzeeland.nl>
wrote:

> Currently I use bdb5. Due to expiration in july next I read that it is
> recommended to upgrade to bdb18.
>
> I installed bdb18 and changed /etc/make.conf accordingly:
> WITH_BDB5_PERMITTED=yes
> DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=bdb=18
>
> Currently installed:
> db18-18.1.40                   Oracle Berkeley DB, Release 18.1
> db5-5.3.28_8                   Oracle Berkeley DB, revision 5.3
>
> Removing bdb5 results still in a warning:
>
> Installed packages to be REMOVED:
>          apache24: 2.4.53_1
>          apr: 1.7.0.1.6.1_2
>          db5: 5.3.28_8
>          mod_php80: 8.0.18_2
>          p5-BerkeleyDB: 0.64
>          postgrey: 1.37_3
>          serf: 1.3.9_6
>          subversion: 1.14.2_1
>
> Number of packages to be removed: 8
>
> Does this imply that I have to configure the package above to be used
> with db18 and recompile them?
> Your help is appreciated.
> Thanks, Jos
>

That is exactly what that means. As the shareable for db18 is not the same
as for db5, all programs linked to db5 must be reinstalled. so that they
link to any of the several shareables db installs.
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