Re: configure stopping on Berkeley DB include.........

On Sep 22, 2010, at 07:54, Stewart Dean wrote:
> On 9/21/2010 5:23 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> In MacPorts, we successfully use the following configure argument:
>>
>> --with-berkeley-db=:${prefix}/include/db46:${prefix}/lib/db46:db-4.6
>>
>> So, adapted to your BDB version and prefix, try:
>>
>> --with-berkeley-db=:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.5.1/include:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.5.1/lib:db-5.1
> I did that I think, but
>> Note that apr-util will also need to have been compiled against the same version of BDB.
> I think I used a packaged apr-util, so I'll download it and build it from scratch
>> That said, do you even need BDB support? Most people don't anymore and you could just use --without-berkeley-db to disable it.
> But don't you then end up with a flat file DB that's slow with any substantial data set size?

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If you don't use BerkeleyDB, you get a so-called "FSFS" repository. FSFS is a file-based database, just like BerkeleyDB is, but has been designed specifically for Subversion. FSFS has been the default for new repositories for years (since Subversion 1.2) and works great. It's what most people use for Subversion today. It is not a problem. BerkeleyDB, on the other hand, is usually several problems, which is why the Subversion developers have spent so much effort over the years creating and improving FSFS. I am told BDB has its place but I recommend it be avoided.
Received on 2010-09-22 20:51:49 CEST