On Fri, 2 May 2003, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Martin> Skip Montanaro wrote:
> >> Feedback appreciated.
>
> Martin> I think we need to build bsddb185 automatically under certain
> Martin> conditions. I have encouraged a user to submit a patch in that
> Martin> direction.
>
> I suppose that's an alternative, however, it is complicated by a couple
> issues:
>
> * The bsddb185 module would have to be built as bsddb (not a big deal in
> and of itself).
>
> * The current bsddb package directory would have to be renamed or not
> installed to avoid name clashes.
>
> I don't think there's a precedent for the second issue. The make install
> target installs everything in Lib. I think The decision about whether the
> package or the module gets installed would be made in setup.py. The
> coupling between the two increases the complexity of the process. I smell
> an ugly hack in the offing.
Could you not have the following?
- build bsddb if the Sleepycat libraries are found;
- build bsddb185 if the DB 1.85 libraries can be found;
- where bsddb is imported, try importing bsddb, and if that
fails try importing bsddb185 as bsddb (or as * inside the bsddb pkg).
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