Commit 748799a0 authored by Antoine Pitrou's avatar Antoine Pitrou

Remove outdated question (the bsddb module isn't included anymore)

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Upgrading Python
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What is this bsddb185 module my application keeps complaining about?
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.. XXX remove this question?
Starting with Python2.3, the distribution includes the `PyBSDDB package
<http://pybsddb.sf.net/>` as a replacement for the old bsddb module. It
includes functions which provide backward compatibility at the API level, but
requires a newer version of the underlying `Berkeley DB
<http://www.sleepycat.com>`_ library. Files created with the older bsddb module
can't be opened directly using the new module.
Using your old version of Python and a pair of scripts which are part of Python
2.3 (db2pickle.py and pickle2db.py, in the Tools/scripts directory) you can
convert your old database files to the new format. Using your old Python
version, run the db2pickle.py script to convert it to a pickle, e.g.::
python2.2 <pathto>/db2pickley.py database.db database.pck
Rename your database file::
mv database.db olddatabase.db
Now convert the pickle file to a new format database::
python <pathto>/pickle2db.py database.db database.pck
The precise commands you use will vary depending on the particulars of your
installation. For full details about operation of these two scripts check the
doc string at the start of each one.
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