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Re: db(3) removal and lastlogx



In article <20120721175645.GM20677%nef.pbox.org@localhost>,
Alistair Crooks  <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost> wrote:
>
>Well, in lieu of any supporting arguments for the migration of db to cdb
>format, let's revert them all.

Aside the compatibility issues (which I believe are mostly fine), the cdb
changes for the read-only databases is a strict improvement.

>Especially in view of the fact that marking terminfo.db 'obsolete' has
>broken backwards compatibility for standalone-tcsh, to name but one.

That was not joerg's fault, or related to cdb. This was part of the termcap
/terminfo migration.

christos



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