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RE: Compiling BerkeleyDB 4.3.27 against OpenLDAP 2.2.23 statically

Hi,

thanks for a quick response.
See my answers bellow.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Buchan Milne [mailto:bgmilne@obsidian.co.za] 
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:42 AM
>To: Mavric Domen ITWEN5
>Cc: OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org
>Subject: Re: Compiling BerkeleyDB 4.3.27 against OpenLDAP 2.2.23
statically
>
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>Mavric Domen ITWEN5 wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I'm kind of new in OpenLDAP software compiling and general linux
compiling.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Can anyone tell me how to compile OpenLDAP 2.2.23 with BerkeleyDB
>> libraries statically,
>
>I don't really know if this is wise (see below).
>
>> so I don't have to install BerkeleyDB software on the machine where I
>> want to install my OpenLDAP deployment (distribution).
>> 
>> I'd simply like to build a OpenLDAP package on one machine (with DB
>> libraries), and install it on another machine without
>> 
>> taking care of compiling BerkeleyDB on this machine.
>
>There is no reason your OpenLDAP package cannot contain dynamic
>libraries for Berkeley DB.
>
>In fact, there is no reason your OpenLDAP package cannot contain the
>Berkeley DB utilities for the Berkeley DB you built OpenLDAP against,
>and it is actually adviseable to do so.
>
>If you were to only ship the statically linked OpenLDAP binaries, you
>would have no way of running database recovery (and, other admins might
>need to spend some time finding the Berkeley DB utilities if you did
not
>provide them).

OK, that sounds reasonable.

>
>> I'm using BDB database.
>
>What may be useful to know is which Linux distribution you are using.

I'm using Monta Vista CGE Linux 3.1.

>
>BTW, you probably don't want to use db-4.3.x yet.

Are there any problems with db-4.3 ?

>
>Regards,
>Buchan
>
>- --
>Buchan Milne                      Senior Support Technician
>Obsidian Systems                  http://www.obsidian.co.za
>B.Eng                                RHCE (803004789010797)
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BR,
Domen