Can't find a compatible and working bdb, instructions could do with some work

[Trejkaz X]

Hiya.

After Ubuntu's packages failed to install a compatible set of packages for me, I'm trying to get things working from the git version.

The first barrier is getting a working bdb library. The docs say we should get 0.6.5 or later, but:

    piggypig@miku:~/rbot$ gem list --remote bdb

    *** REMOTE GEMS ***

    bdb (0.2.6.5)

    bdb1 (0.2.5)

Presumably this is the same trap the Ubuntu package maintainer fell into because if I install 0.2.6.5, I get the same error.

After digging for a while, I found this: https://github.com/knu/ruby-bdb/

This does have a 0.6.7. It also has incorrect instructions saying that you can install it via "gem install bdb" so I reported a bug to them about that already, as that is already incorrect.

So I pulled that and tried to build it and there are numerous problems there too.

Question 1: Is there a known working version?

Question 2: Can rbot please provide a Gemfile so that we can just run `bundle install` and have the required dependencies installed, rather than everyone having to track them down themselves? (Or alternatively a set of reliable instructions for installing the dependencies in cases like this where they are not just standard gems!)

TX

[Ken Bailie]

IIRC the coder for the version of bdb being used died in a fire in france quite some time ago now, rendering the state of affairs as it is. I have moved on from rbot for some time now, but last I remember there was an effort to convert to another database engine as a result. If the coding team is no longer keeping an eye on this list, try the rbot channel on freenode is your best bet.

TX

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[Phillip Pi]

Thanks and so sad for the coder for bdb. I assume he was the only one
working on it. :( I really hope rbot developers get back into the
project since the project seems to be dead.

On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 10:23:41AM -0500, Ken Bailie wrote:
> IIRC the coder for the version of bdb being used died in a fire in france
> quite some time ago now, rendering the state of affairs as it is. I have
> moved on from rbot for some time now, but last I remember there was an
> effort to convert to another database engine as a result. If the coding
> team is no longer keeping an eye on this list, try the rbot channel on
> freenode is your best bet.
>

> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Trejkaz X <[1]tre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hiya.
> After Ubuntu's packages failed to install a compatible set of packages
> for me, I'm trying to get things working from the git version.
> The first barrier is getting a working bdb library. The docs say we
> should get 0.6.5 or later, but:
> � � piggypig@miku:~/rbot$ gem list --remote bdb
> � ��*** REMOTE GEMS ***
> � ��bdb (0.2.6.5)
> � ��bdb1 (0.2.5)
> Presumably this is the same trap the Ubuntu package maintainer fell into
> because if I install 0.2.6.5, I get the same error.
> After digging for a while, I found

> this:�[2]https://github.com/knu/ruby-bdb/

> This does have a 0.6.7. It also has incorrect instructions saying that
> you can install it via "gem install bdb" so I reported a bug to them
> about that already, as that is already incorrect.
> So I pulled that and tried to build it and there are numerous problems
> there too.
> Question 1: Is there a known working version?
> Question 2: Can rbot please provide a Gemfile so that we can just run
> `bundle install` and have the required dependencies installed, rather
> than everyone having to track them down themselves? (Or alternatively a
> set of reliable instructions for installing the dependencies in cases
> like this where they are not just standard gems!)
> TX
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[Trejkaz X]

To answer my own question...

https://gist.github.com/trejkaz/5323718

It turned out that 0.6.7 and 0.6.6 didn't work but 0.6.5 still works. The instructions were saying "latest version" but I guess the latest two versions have broken something seriously.

The hint was when I was searching around for working build instructions, I found that the gentoo ebuilds only went up to 0.6.5.

TX