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Re: [PATCH] Block BDB 6

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 15:18:16 +0200

On 03.07.2013 14:55, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> BDB's relicense to AGPL sparked some discussion about potentially
> blacklisting it in configure or making it opt-in. Attached a patch that
> blacklists it. (We can convert it to opt-in after we test with it, or
> if someone asks, etc.)
>
> Thoughts?

Looks good, +1.

>
>
> [[[
> * build/ac-macros/berkeley-db.m4
> (SVN_LIB_BERKELEY_DB_TRY): Block building with BDB 6, with a comment
> explaining why.
> (SVN_LIB_BERKELEY_DB): Document that only 4.x and 5.x are supported.
> (--with-berkeley-db): Ditto. The help string does not evaluate the $,
> but that is a preexisting bug that should be fixed separately.
>
> * build/generator/gen_win.py
> (GeneratorBase._find_bdb): Add a comment cautioning against enabling
> BDB 6.
> ]]]
>
> Index: build/ac-macros/berkeley-db.m4
> ===================================================================
> --- build/ac-macros/berkeley-db.m4 (revision 1499115)
> +++ build/ac-macros/berkeley-db.m4 (working copy)
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(SVN_LIB_BERKELEY_DB,
> AC_ARG_WITH(berkeley-db, [AS_HELP_STRING(
> [[--with-berkeley-db[=HEADER:INCLUDES:LIB_SEARCH_DIRS:LIBS]]], [
> The Subversion Berkeley DB based filesystem library
> - requires Berkeley DB $db_version or newer. If you
> + requires Berkeley DB $db_version or $db_alt_version. If you
> specify `--without-berkeley-db', that library will
> not be built. If you omit the argument of this option
> completely, the configure script will use Berkeley DB
> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(SVN_LIB_BERKELEY_DB,
> AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
> svn_lib_berkeley_db=no
> if test "$bdb_status" = "required"; then
> - AC_MSG_ERROR([Berkeley DB $db_version or newer wasn't found.])
> + AC_MSG_ERROR([Berkeley DB $db_version or $db_alt_version wasn't found.])
> fi
> fi
> fi
> @@ -230,6 +230,12 @@ int main ()
> || patch != DB_VERSION_PATCH)
> exit (1);
>
> + /* Block Berkeley DB 6, because (a) we haven't tested with it, (b) 6.0.20
> + and newer are under the AGPL, and we want use of AGPL dependencies to be
> + opt-in. */
> + if (major >= 6)
> + exit(1);
> +
> /* Run-time check: ensure the library claims to be the correct version. */
>
> if (major < $svn_check_berkeley_db_major)
> Index: build/generator/gen_win.py
> ===================================================================
> --- build/generator/gen_win.py (revision 1499115)
> +++ build/generator/gen_win.py (working copy)
> @@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ class GeneratorBase(gen_base.GeneratorBase):
>
> def _find_bdb(self):
> "Find the Berkeley DB library and version"
> + # Before adding "60" to this list, see build/ac-macros/berkeley-db.m4.
> for ver in ("53", "52", "51", "50", "48", "47", "46",
> "45", "44", "43", "42", "41", "40"):
> lib = "libdb" + ver
> Index: configure.ac
> ===================================================================
> --- configure.ac (revision 1499115)
> +++ configure.ac (working copy)
> @@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ powerpc-apple-darwin*)
> SVN_FS_WANT_DB_PATCH=14
> ;;
> esac
> +db_alt_version="5.x"
> # Look for libdb4.so first:
> SVN_LIB_BERKELEY_DB($SVN_FS_WANT_DB_MAJOR, $SVN_FS_WANT_DB_MINOR,
> $SVN_FS_WANT_DB_PATCH, [db4 db])
> @@ -1516,7 +1517,7 @@ if test "$svn_lib_berkeley_db" = "no" && test "$wi
> AC_MSG_WARN([we have configured without BDB filesystem support
>
>
> -You don't seem to have Berkeley DB version $db_version or newer
> +You don't seem to have Berkeley DB version $db_version or $db_alt_version
> installed and linked to APR-UTIL. We have created a Makefile which will build
> Subversion without support for the Berkeley DB back-end. You can find the
> latest version of Berkeley DB here:

-- 
Branko Čibej | Director of Subversion
WANdisco // Non-Stop Data
e. brane_at_wandisco.com
Received on 2013-07-03 15:18:51 CEST

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