Re: [Evolution] beware of libdb compatibility

[Matthew Barnes <mbarnes redhat com>]

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 14:25 +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote:
> Solution: install "libdb-dev" and configure evolution-data-server with
> "--with-libdb=/usr".
>
> There was a proposal on the hackers list to make that the default. I
> think that would be the right thing to do because in reality, this is
> already how Evolution binaries get built.

See also Ross Burton's post about the memory usage involved:
http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/eds-libdb-2006-07-18-10-40

Fedora's evolution-data-server switched to using the system libdb after
this information came to light.  I fully support it as the default.

Matthew Barnes