If someone wants to shoot themselves in the foot by linking to 5.0 or whatever, make them clear BDB_LIB_SUFFIX manually.
makefile.unix: Default to linking against BDB 4.8 specifically #1398
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luke-jr commented at 5:44 PM on May 30, 2012: member
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Default to linking against BDB 4.8 specifically 9e351f42f4
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sipa commented at 6:04 PM on May 30, 2012: member
What if someone doesn't have 4.8 installed, but does have another version?
In general, I think people who compile their own binaries don't mind using the latest their system provides.
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luke-jr commented at 6:23 PM on May 30, 2012: member
Then they can specify BDB_LIB_SUFFIX= (blank). In general, isn't it advisable to only use 4.8 for compatibility?
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laanwj commented at 6:10 PM on June 12, 2012: member
I always compile using 5.x, and never had any problems. I'm not sure how it classifies as shooting myself in the foot. Newer Ubuntu versions don't even have packages for libdb++4.8-dev anymore.
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sipa commented at 6:13 PM on June 12, 2012: member
Defaulting to 4.8 makes sense for release binaries, but there we control the build environment very strictly anyway. When people compile themselves, I think whatever is default on their system is best.
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sipa commented at 6:14 PM on June 12, 2012: member
db5.1_dump wallet.dat.old | db4.8_load wallet.dat
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luke-jr commented at 6:22 PM on June 12, 2012: member
Oh, didn't know that was possible. Nevermind then I guess.
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