On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Daniel de Kok <m...@danieldk.eu> wrote: > 2011/6/24 Lars Buitinck <larsm...@gmail.com>: >> 2011/6/24 Michael Tautschnig <m...@debian.org>: >>> Well, after a long while I got around to review this package. Here are my >>> observations: >>> >>> - debian/README.source isn't actually helpful... >>> - There is no libdb4.8++-dev in sid. It's libdb5.1++-dev now. >>> - Having installed that, configure fails nevertheless: >>> configure: error: /usr not a valid Berkeley DB tree. Note that Berkeley DB >>> must be configured and built with '--enable-cxx'. >>> >>> Other than this, the package would look fine. Hence if you could figure out >>> how >>> to update for 5.1, I'd offer to re-review the package (in a more timely >>> manner!). >> >> Thanks for the review. I've dropped my work on dbxml due to a change >> of jobs, but my former colleague Daniël de Kok (cc) has taken over. >> He's found that dbxml works fine with BDB 5.1, producing >> backward-compatible files. Greg Burd, formerly of Oracle, has >> confirmed that this should be the case in general >> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/157165/comments/20). > > I have uploaded dbxml_2.5.16-3 to mentors.debian.net: > > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/dbxml/ > > This version builds agains Berkeley DB 5.1. I have also converted the > package to a multi-arch package.
If someone else is willing to sponsor this package, that would be great as well! I have two other packages in the pipeline that depend on dbxml ;). Kind regards, Daniël de Kok -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAL=mtGg-haqmqS0g+bdT-E8irgBAwt4eFjH0JyQ=x+vinkq...@mail.gmail.com
