Re: libdb2

[micha@schmitzm.hip.berkeley.edu (Michael Schmitz)]

> i have been searching around for libdb2 .deb file, and can't find it
> anywhere... i looked in the "available" file in /var/lib/dpkg, and it
> wasn't in there either. all i can find is libdb2-dev and libdb2-dbg, and i
> don't know if libdb2-dbg is the one i should use or not (for some reason i
> doubt it). thanks.

-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       551032 Jul 19 04:14 /lib/libc-2.0.7.so
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Jun 20 04:20 /lib/libc.so.5 -> libc.so.5.4.38
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       510956 May  3 09:08 /lib/libc.so.5.4.38
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Jul 19 16:52 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.0.7.so
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        45240 Jul 19 04:14 /lib/libdb-2.0.7.so
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Jul 19 16:52 /lib/libdb.so.2 -> libdb-2.0.7.so

Seems it was installed together with libc ... let's see...

Package: libdb2
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 366
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
Architecture: m68k
Source: db
Version: 2.3.16-7
Replaces: libdb2-dev (<= 2.3.16-1)
Depends: libc6
Size: 174938
Description: The Berkeley database routines (run-time files).
 libdb is a library for manipulating database files, developed at
 Berkeley and extended by Sleepycat Software Inc.
 Its license permits free use in free software.
 This package contains also several programs for managing the db.
 .
 It supports three kinds of file formats:
  * btree. A representation of a sorted, balanced tree structure.
  * hashed. An extensible, dynamic hashing scheme.
  * UNIX file oriented. A byte stream file with fixed our variable
    length records.
 New features in version 2:
  * lock with multiple reader/writer granularity.
  * nested transaction support with logging and rollback recovery
    (two phase commit).
  * New API, and a compatibility API to use db-2 with older progs.
  * Large set of utility, to dump/load/restore data and examine log.

It's in libs - where did you look?

	Michael