It never fails (bsddb retirement in 2.3)

[Martin v. Löwis]

Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> writes:

> Understood, but just like the rest of us need to upgrade stuff like this
> every now and then, so should the *BSDs.  They can do the db_dump185 dance
> in their upgrade systems just like the rest of us.  I guess for one reason
> or another, none of the above uses tickles any of the bugs in the library.

If the problems are indeed keyed to the size of the database, I can
understand why the problem is rarely observed with password databases
and the like.

Regards,
Martin