db1 vs. db3

["Kenneth Porter" <shiva well com>]

On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:46:50 -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote:

>rpm-4.0 has both db1-1.85 and db3-3.1.14 support. db1 support will be
>eliminated as rapidly as possible, possibly in rpm-4.1, as support for
>both db1 and db3 isn't exactly a useful feature in a package manager.

What's the difference between db1 and db3? If they're different
versions of the same thing, why are they incompatible? What's the
benefit of the newer one?

Ken
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