#1119220 swi-prolog: Depends on db5.3

Package:
src:swi-prolog
Source:
src:swi-prolog
Submitter:
Chris Hofstädtler
Date:
2026-09-07 11:03:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1119220#5
Date:
2025-10-27 22:03:28 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

your package depends or otherwise uses db5.3 ("Berkeley DB"). The
upstream of db5.3 has ceased maintaining it, and it is also orphaned
in Debian. See #987013 for discussion. Please update your package to
remove any uses of db5.3 for forky.
If necessary, provide an upgrade path in forky and remove usage in
duke.

Chris
#1119220#12
Date:
2026-09-07 11:00:14 UTC
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Please just drop swi-prolog-bdb. The odbc backend seems to be more
popular.