Discussion of Spells and Grimoire items

[Lyon Lemmens <llemmens AT sourcemage.org>]

Mathieu,

the upgrade of db to version 4.1.24 broke exim (among other spells). The 
problem is the intraduction of a new optional transaction parameter in the 
DB->open function. 

I've added a patch for that to the exim spell so it will compile again.

I know it's not our business to fix the source code, so I also sent the 
patch to the exim developers. Until then, this works for those interested.


<soapbox mode>

IMHO we (= all grimoire guru's) should better consider the effects of 
upgrading fundamental stuff (such as db really is) to the latest and 
greatest version. Chances are, that other open source developers haven't 
really adapted yet.

The db upgrade for instance, broke exim, Python, openldap, gaim, abiword and 
several perl modules as far as I can see.... Though some of them can be 
fixed by rebuilding. (Why didn't the fix phase of sorcery update catch that 
btw)

I'm getting to the point of being scared of sorcery update.... And with the 
release date only a month away!

</soapbox mode>

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Lyon Lemmens,  grimoire guru perl-cpan
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