Re: [Sks-devel] sks 1.1.4 fails to start

[ClarusComms OpenPGP Services]

I'd add my vote to bundling Berkeley DB with SKS. In fact, I've said the
same of applications that utilize sqlite for similar reasons.

Best Wishes,

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On 8/19/13 17:40 , Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
> 
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> 
>> On 08/16/2013 10:03 AM, James Cloos wrote:
>>> It looks like this might be a debian error.
>>>
>>> sks-1.1.4 from debian experimental fails reliably when using sid, as of
>>> the latest upgrade to libdb5.1 (5.1.29-7) in sid.
>>
>> thanks for reporting this as http://bugs.debian.org/719876 -- it sounds
>> to me like you're suggesting bdb may have changed some of its internal
>> interfaces or data structures without bumping version numbers.  that's
>> pretty worrisome :(
>>
> 
> There is/was a known incompatibility in Berkeley DB 5.1.19 -> 5.1.29.
> 
> I believe I even reported here: see
>       
> http://upstream-tracker.org/compat_reports/libdb/5.1.19_to_5.1.25/abi_compat_report.html#Top
> where a field was removed in the middle of a structure, thereby shifting 
> trailing fields.
> 
> Hmmm ... the symptoms at http://bugs.debian.org/719876 _might_ be related,
> its too hard to guess on an operating system I don't use.
> 
> Use one or the other version everywhere, and do not expect interoperability 
> between
> versions.
> 
> The problem could be easily avoided if Berkeley DB was bundled with SKS.
> 
> 73 de Jeff
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