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Re: removal of Berkeley DB

From Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org>
Newsgroups comp.mail.sendmail
Subject Re: removal of Berkeley DB
Date 2025-10-03 12:21 -0400
Organization MGT Consulting
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Marco Moock  wrote:

> Sendmail uses db5.3 databases for aliases, accessdb, virtuser etc.

sendmail can (mostly) use whatever the OS provides.

> Debian wants to remove that as Oracle changed the license.

Older BDB versions are still available and work fine, right?

> Are there already good alternatives for it?

8.16.1/8.16.1	2020/07/05
....
	Add CDB as map type. Note: CDB is a "Constant DataBase", i.e.,
		no changes can be made after it is created, hence it
		does not work with vacation(1) nor editmap(8) (except
		for query mode).

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removal of Berkeley DB Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-10-03 18:00 +0200
  Re: removal of Berkeley DB Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2025-10-03 12:21 -0400
    Re: removal of Berkeley DB Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-10-03 23:32 +0200
      Re: removal of Berkeley DB Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2025-10-04 01:31 -0400
    Re: removal of Berkeley DB Marco Moock <mm+solani@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-10-26 10:25 +0100
      Re: removal of Berkeley DB Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2025-10-26 14:28 -0400
        Re: removal of Berkeley DB Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-11-01 12:42 +0100
          Re: removal of Berkeley DB Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2025-11-01 14:28 -0400
            Re: removal of Berkeley DB Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-11-02 09:57 +0100
              Re: removal of Berkeley DB Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2025-11-02 05:13 -0500
                Re: removal of Berkeley DB Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-11-02 11:50 +0100
                Re: removal of Berkeley DB Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2025-11-02 12:40 -0500
      Re: removal of Berkeley DB Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-01-30 07:44 +0100
    Re: removal of Berkeley DB Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2025-11-01 13:27 -0400
      Re: removal of Berkeley DB Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2025-11-01 14:23 -0400

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