Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] Berkeley db?

[David E. <de...@us...>]

Mark Molenda wrote:

 > It seems all of the GNU packages require Berkley db
 > even though some pages list it as optional.
 > How do I get a package like tiny-cobol to work if Or*cle
 > does not allow ( or I can't find it ) Berkeley db
 > downloads?

Berkeley DB is required for all RPM based distributions (RH, Fedora ...).
It is even available on Slackware in binary format. I do not know about
Debian.

So the quick solution is to install the BDB binary package, from what
ever Linux/BSD distribution you are using.

TC uses the BDB 1.85 API. Which means that you will be able to use any
DB version 1.85 to 4x (4.4 I think).
Beginning with BDB version 4.5, I think, the 1.85 API is no longer
supported, so TC will not work with these versions.

Hope this helps.


Berkeley DB, a brief history.

Versions up to 1.85.4 are released under the BSD license.

A new company is formed called Sleepyc*t, and beginning with BDB version
2, the API and license are changed (open source, but free for non
commercial use only). The 1.85 API is still supported.

Or*cle buys Sleepyc*t. The end.