It never fails (bsddb retirement in 2.3)

[Paul Rubin]

martin at v.loewis.de (Martin v. Löwis) writes:
> It is not just the on-disk format that bothers us. It also also that
> the API is too limited. For example, there is no API to determine the
> file version at run-time, in the DB 1.85 compatibility API.

There's a sourceforge request about adding this feature and a big
discussion about how to do it.  I don't remember the conclusion but
there ought to be a way, even if it means writing out a temp database
and examining the magic numbers in it.