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ChangeLog


2012/01/15	- Change home page URL from the one shown below to
		  http://www.oracle.com/products/database/berkeley-db/overview/
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and 14.0,
		  removed older
2009/02/19	- Changed home page URL from
		  http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db.html
		  to
		  http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2,
		  removed older than 11.0
		- Updated download URLs with the new Oracle ones
		- Clarified the inscructions at the bottom a bit
		- Added 4.7.25 + 3 patches
		- Removed 4.3.29, 4.2.52, 4.1.25, and 4.0.14
Apr 24, 2007	- Changed home page URL from
		  http://www.sleepycat.com/
		  to
		  http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db.html
		- Added 4.5.20 + 2 patches
Aug 4, 2006	- Added a 3rd patch for 4.1.25
		- Added a 4th patch for 4.2.52
		- Added a patch for 4.3.29
		- 4.4.16 -> 4.4.20 + 4 patches
		- Only update the current PATH if it's not
		  already in there
Jan 7, 2006	- Updated Slackware notes for 10.2
		- 4.3.28 -> 4.3.29
		- Added 4.4.16
		- Only run removepkg if it exists
		- Don't run find twice when you don't have to (find /foo,
		  find /foo2 -> find /foo /foo2)
		- Minor updates to the 'get it noticed' part
		- Hit enter between applying each patch
Jul 17, 2005	- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils links
		- Added 4.3.28
		- Updated download URLs
		- Added md5sum verification of tarballs
		- Added 4 patches for 4.2.52
		- Added a 2nd patch for 4.1.25
		- Updated Slackware note for 10.0 and 10.1
		- Updated the notes at the bottom
Dec 23, 2003	- Updated notes about openldap and 4.0.x/4.1.x at the top
		- Create ~/installed with mode 700
		- Added two configure options that Slack uses:
		  --enable-compat185 and --enable-rpc
		- Added notes about the versions of db that Slack includes
		- Added 'removepkg db4'
		- Added some notes about the default prefix
		  /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.X.X and /usr
		- Added a 3rd version, 4.2.52
		- Added a patch for 4.1.25
Mar 28, 2003	- Fixed the "for everything to use" part for 4.0.14 and the
		  download URL for 4.0.14 has changed (Thanks to Charles
		  Bedrosian for letting me know)
		- Set to re-use existing tarballs before wget'ing
Dec 31, 2002	- Updated the "Get db4 noticed" part
Dec 30, 2002	- Updated db3 -> db4 instructions at bottom:
		  Also back up /usr/bin/db_* instead of deleting them
		  Back up /usr/lib/libdb.a too, replace it with a symlink to
		    /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.0/lib/libdb.a
		- Added a 2nd set of instructions for db 4.1.25 (I'll remove
		  4.0.14 after I test 4.1.25 for a while)
		- Added removal of old tarballs and source dirs (old 4.0
		  ones in the 4.0 section, old 4.1 ones in the 4.1 section)
Oct 17, 2002	- Updated instructions for replacing the Slack-installed db3
		  with this installation of db4

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