On Jun 27, 2007, at 6:44 PM, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:

>   RPM Package Manager, CVS Repository
>   http://rpm5.org/cvs/
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>   Server: rpm5.org                         Name:   Ralf S. Engelschall
>   Root:   /v/rpm/cvs                       Email:  rse@rpm5.org
>   Module: rpm                              Date:   28-Jun-2007  
> 00:44:56
>   Branch: HEAD                             Handle: 2007062723445500
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>   Modified files:
>     rpm                     CHANGES configure.ac
>     rpm/rpmdb               Makefile.am
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>   Log:
>     Simplify internal Berkeley-DB handling in rpmdb/ even further  
> and as a
>     wished side-effect allow (at least in an clearly unsupported  
> way to make
>     Jeff not panic ;-) the use of --with-db=external.
>

It's not a question of panic, but rather support and feature regression.

Let's say someone wants to us db-4.1.25. rpm compiles fine. the default
db configuration breaks because not tuned to that version, i.e. no stale
lock removal.

Then there is the select poll in db-4.1.25, which is an order of  
magnitude
slower with a 5000 item test db than either the previous or the next  
verrsion
of Berkeley DB.

I *really* don't want to diagnose these problems again and again and  
again because
lusers want choice until it hurts.

73 de Jeff