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>>>>> Mark Kettenis writes: Mark> From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> Mark> Date: 05 Jan 2000 10:07:56 +0100 Mark> I'm adding a first patch for db30 support. I also need to update Mark> makedb.c but like to hear your comments before I continue. Mark> Unfortunately, the DB error return codes (DB_KEYEMPTY and DB_NOTFOUND) Mark> were also changed in DB 3.X. I know :-( but nearly forgot it. Thanks for reminding me. Mark> Fortunately, the release notes for 3.0.55 say: Mark> The Berkeley DB interfaces have been reworked in the 3.0.55 release Mark> for two reasons. The goals were as follows: to make the Berkeley DB Mark> structures opaque so future releases of Berkeley DB can be binary Mark> compatible with each other, ... Mark> so the interfaces may stabilize, and adding support for DB 3.X seems Mark> to be a good move! Mark> However, I'm not sure whether having a fixed list of library names is Mark> such a good idea. The format of the databases on disk depens in the Mark> DB version. A hard-coded list means that if the DB library is Mark> upgraded, the nss_db module might stop working. This can be fixed by Mark> regenerating the databases, but what if the someone uses a different Mark> LD_LIBRARY_PATH from time to time, or worse, has applications with Mark> different RPATH's? I think we should allow the user to specify the Mark> path of the DB library in a configuration file to make sure there will Mark> be no nasty surprises. I agree. The question is: What's the name of the configuration file and how should it be specified? Can we add this to /etc/nsswitch.conf? Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj@suse.de private aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de
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