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DBM Libraries for use with Exim
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November 1999, version 3.0 was released, and the ending of support for 2.7.7,
the last 2.x release, was announced for November 2000. (Support for 1.85 has
already ceased.) There were further 3.x releases, but by the end of 2001, the
-current release was 4.0.14.
+current release was 4.0.14. In 2022 it was 5.3.28 on Linux (the then-owner
+has developed it further but Exim does not support anything after 5.x).
There are major differences in implementation and interface between the DB 1.x
and 2.x/3.x/4.x releases, and they are best considered as two independent dbm
compatibility interface, or via its own native interface. There are two
advantages to doing the latter: (1) you don't run the risk of Exim's seeing the
"wrong" version of the ndbm.h header, as described above, and (2) the
-performace is better. It is therefore recommended that you set USE_DB=yes in an
+performance is better. It is therefore recommended that you set USE_DB=yes in an
appropriate Local/Makefile-xxx file. (If you are compiling for just one OS, it
can go in Local/Makefile itself.)
Berkeley DB 4.x
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-The 4.x series is a developement of the 2.x and 3.x series, and the above
+The 4.x series is a development of the 2.x and 3.x series, and the above
comments apply.
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