Changeset b55b3c4

Timestamp:

04/14/2006 02:45:58 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

Archaic <archaic@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/parallelism, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008

Children:

0090db5

Parents:

7119213

Message:

Rewrote the GDBM recommendation to be more of a possibility but not endorsed.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7515 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter06/db.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter06/db.xml

@@ -42 +42 @@
       <title>Other Installation Possibilities</title>
 
-      <para>There are instructions to build this package in the BLFS
-      book if you need to build the RPC server or additional language
-      bindings. The additional language bindings will require additional
-      packages to be installed. See
-      <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/server/databases.html#db"/> for
-      suggested installation instructions.</para>
-
-      <para>Also, if you would prefer to skip Berkeley DB entirely
-      and use GDBM instead, see the BLFS instructions located at
+      <para>There are instructions to build this package in the BLFS book if you
+      need to build the RPC server or additional language bindings. The
+      additional language bindings will require additional packages to be
+      installed. See <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/server/databases.html#db"/>
+      for suggested installation instructions.</para>
+
+      <para>Also, GDBM <emphasis>could</emphasis> be used in place of Berkeley
+      DB to satisfy Man-DB. However, since Berkeley DB is considered a core part
+      of the LFS build, it will not be listed as a dependency for any package in
+      the BLFS book. Likewise, dozens of hours go into testing LFS with Berkeley
+      DB installed, not with GDBM. If you fully understand the risks versus
+      benefits of using GDBM and wish to use it anyway, see the BLFS
+      instructions located at
       <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/general/gdbm.html"/></para>