[Buildroot] [PATCH] Allow PHP to compile ans link with berkeleydb 6

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Mon Oct 7 12:26:14 UTC 2013


Dear Gustavo Zacarias,

On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:23:59 -0300, Gustavo Zacarias wrote:
> On 10/07/2013 08:57 AM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > Therefore, linking PHP with BerkeleyDB version 6 creates a PHP binary
> > that cannot legally be distributed.
> > 
> > If this analysis is correct, I'd suggest one of the following options:
> > 
> >  * Drop the support for BerkeleyDB support in PHP.
> > 
> >  * Add a berkeleydb5 package that packages the last known non-AGPL
> >    version of BerkeleyDB, and use that for PHP.
> > 
> > Considering how useful BerkeleyDB can be with PHP, I'm suggesting the
> > first option.
> 
> You mean the second option right?
> Otherwise you're conflicting with yourself ;)

Sorry, I forgot to add a smiley or something. To be "how useful
BerkleyDB can be with PHP" was ironic, so I was actually meaning that I
don't think PHP+BerkeleyDB is so useful, so that to me, the first
option is perfectly acceptable.

Thomas
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