Re: Real alternatives to BDB?

[andylockran <andy@zrmt.com>]

Howard Chu wrote:
 
> 4.2.52 (with documented patches) has never failed for me. 4.3 was known to
> blow up in many situations. 4.6.21 looks pretty good, there's no reported
> problems with it. BDB 4.7 is in the works already. On my last test, 4.7.13
> SEGV'd in its deadlock detector, so yeah, I guess their release record is
> kind
> of spotty. But that's also the nature of newer software; as 4.7 is still
> early
> in its release cycle I expect it will improve just as the others did.
> 
Howard Chu wrote:
>
> 4.2.52 (with documented patches) has never failed for me.


Apologies for reviving a dead thread - but I've had a couple of occasions this year when I've had to restore the bdb backend using db_recover.

I notice I'm using the version of bdb mentioned on this thread.. but am ignorant to the patches.   I installed Buchan Milne's repo in order to get a stable openldap on RHEL4 - but my bdb version is still stuck in 2003.

What is the best advised route to upgrading - is there another repo with bdb in it, or should I compile bdb manually - then link to it later?

Regards,

Andy Loughran