Re: Bug#197875: python2.3: module dbm is missing

2003-06-25 Thread Martin v. =?iso-8859-15?q?L=F6wis?=
Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > emulating the BDB 1.85 API can be done using the db_185.h header of > the libdb4.1-dev package, not sure about the BDB on-disk format. Emulating the API is irrelevant. In Python 2.3, the bsddb package will emulate the bsddb module API. Using db_185.h o

Re: Bug#197875: python2.3: module dbm is missing

2003-06-25 Thread Matthias Klose
"Martin v. Löwis" writes: > Matthias Klose wrote: > > Next thing to investigate, if the archives generated by the gdbm > > implementation are binary compatible with the ones created by the > > libdb1 implementation... > > Most definitely not: gdbm produces a different binary format than > db1 (whi

Re: Bug#197875: python2.3: module dbm is missing

2003-06-20 Thread =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?=
Matthias Klose wrote: Next thing to investigate, if the archives generated by the gdbm implementation are binary compatible with the ones created by the libdb1 implementation... Most definitely not: gdbm produces a different binary format than db1 (which is BDB 1.85). Traditionally, the 'dbm' modul

Re: Bug#197875: python2.3: module dbm is missing

2003-06-20 Thread Matthias Klose
James Troup writes: > Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Encolpe DEGOUTE writes: > >> Package: python2.3 > >> Version: 2.2.104-1beta1.1 > >> Severity: important > >> Tags: sid > >> > >> Module dbm.so is missing in sid build. > > > > That's correct. The db1 compat headers aren't avai

Re: Bug#197875: python2.3: module dbm is missing

2003-06-19 Thread James Troup
Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Encolpe DEGOUTE writes: >> Package: python2.3 >> Version: 2.2.104-1beta1.1 >> Severity: important >> Tags: sid >> >> Module dbm.so is missing in sid build. > > That's correct. The db1 compat headers aren't available anymore. Is > there really a need to

Re: Bug#197875: python2.3: module dbm is missing

2003-06-19 Thread Encolpe DEGOUTE
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:21:40 +0200 From: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bug#197875: python2.3: module dbm is missing And Re: Bug#197871: python2.2 does not have dbm module > Encolpe DEGOUTE writes: > > Package: python2.3 > > Version: 2.2.104-1beta1.1 &g

Re: Bug#197875: python2.3: module dbm is missing

2003-06-19 Thread Matthias Klose
Encolpe DEGOUTE writes: > Package: python2.3 > Version: 2.2.104-1beta1.1 > Severity: important > Tags: sid > > Module dbm.so is missing in sid build. That's correct. The db1 compat headers aren't available anymore. Is there really a need to have this module? why not use the anydbm module (or expl