Re: db4 vs db43

Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign@macports.org> writes:

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I noticed we got a db4 port, which installs bdb 4.3.29 and a db43 port which installs exactly the same version.

Now I'm asking if we can either a) remove db4 completely and upgrade ports depending on it to a specific version db4[1-6] or b) make db4 some sort of meta port depending on the latest version of db4x only without intalling anything.

What do you think?

I'm in favor of removing db4 completely and fixing the ports that depend on it to depend instead on db43 so nothing breaks.

+1 Except that if the port supports db44, then the ports should be updated to use that. Mark