Re: checking for Berkley db 4.2 --> 4.3 upgrade

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 06:55:42AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 20:07 +0200, Stepan Kasal wrote:
> >  ad 1) Future versions will probably still have the funtion.
> >  ad 2) Older versions don't have it.
> >  ad 3) If another project provides the same functionality, your build 
> > scripts
> >        wouldn't be able to use it.

> I strongly disagree on this - All "version" checks are unreliable and
> should remain the absolute last resort if all else fail.

I stand corrected.  Your arguments are very convincing.

Stepan