Re: [exim] Segfaults due to corrupted berkeley db

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Andreas Metzler
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Segfaults due to corrupted berkeley db
On 2009-08-03 at 20:04 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Phil Pennock <exim-users@???> wrote:
> > In fact, that's really worrying. I don't recall hearing of this before
> > now.
>
> http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3c1130182572.14477.5.camel%40murdegern.hindenburgdamm.example%3e


2005, libspf2 was not 64-bit safe and that experimental code had been
enabled.

> http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cPine.LNX.4.60.0506211419550.21320%40hermes%2d1.csi.cam.ac.uk%3e


If you switch which version of the DB libraries Exim is linked against,
then you can't use the old DB files and have to remove them. This is
unsurprising, I hope.

-Phil