[Box Backup-dev] Compile BoxBackup under Debian Woody failed

[Martin Ebourne]

Roy <boxbackup@hostingbrothers.nl> wrote:
> With Ubuntu you have apparently BDBv4 packages. With Woody I don't. And
> if I try to install BDBv1 dev-packages, apt-get wants to remove a lot
> of thing:
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>  apache-dev g++ g++-2.95 libc6-dev libexpat1-dev libncurses5-dev
> libpam0g-dev libpcre3-dev libreadline4-dev libstdc++2.10-dev
> libwrap0-dev libxaw7-dev  xlibs-dev zlib1g-dev

Depending on your point of view, it could be argued that uninstalling  
a bunch of dev packages is a non-issue. You can always reinstall them  
again later, bit of unnecessary downloading perhaps. You cannot loose  
any functionality from uninstalling -dev packages.

On your earlier point this bdb version check should be a warning not  
an error, to allow box to still be built without it.

I'll look at this when I get chance.

Cheers,

Martin.