Re: [Gramps-devel] Issue in gramps30 branch

[Douglas S. B. <db...@cs...>]

[snip]

> It is more BSDDB problem, not Python one.
> BSDDB since 4.7 version changed log settings, python bindings since
> version 4.7 support that. So pre4.7 users can use old settings, post4.7
> users can use new settings, witch leaves as with two more problem:
> 1. users with new BSDDB and old pybsddb
> 2. users with old BSDDB and new pybssdb
> Yours code resolve first problem, but second one is still untested.
>
>
> To leave python out of this maybe something like:
>
> # clean up unused logs
> # BSDDB change log settings using new method with renamed attributes
> if db.version() < (4, 7):
>         # by the book: old method with old attribute
>         self.env.set_flags(db.DB_LOG_AUTOREMOVE, 1)
>         # TODO test with new version of pybsddb
> else:
>     if db.__version__ < '4.7':
>         # undocumented: old method with new attribute (works OK)
>         self.env.set_flags(db.DB_LOG_AUTO_REMOVE, 1)
>     else:
>         # by the book: new method with new attribute
>         self.env.log_set_config(db.DB_LOG_AUTO_REMOVE, 1)

Josip, that sounds more correct, and works for me too:

>>> from bsddb import db
>>> db.version()
(4, 7, 25)
>>> db.__version__
'4.4.5.3'

I'll make this change in trunk, let others try it, and keep looking for a
better solution.

Thanks!

-Doug

>
> --
> Josip