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Re: db(3) removal and lastlogx



In article <20120722040706.GA28095%netbsd.org@localhost>,
David Holland  <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 02:14:27PM -0400, Matthew Mondor wrote:
> > > I missed the start of this thread and have a stupid question: why are we
> > > trying to get rid of db(3) in libc?
> > 
> > I wonder exactly the same thing:
>
>Because the db 1.85 we have in libc is severely outdated

Yes

>and has a bunch of known and basically unfixable bugs,

Like which ones? Are there PR's? TO my knowledge we have the only db1.85
that works. I don't like db much, I am just curious..

>and we can't move to db4 or db5 because of licensing.

Yes.

christos



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