February 5, 2004 – Jay R. Wren

Last night was cool. The tele was off and that is always good. I computed some which is always nice. It turns out that OpenLDAP 2.2.x needs Berkley DB 4.2.x from Sleepycat, but MDK only bundles 4.1. It get worse when looking at all the packages that are currently linked against 4.1. Not bad enough? Well DB 4.2.x needs at least java 1.4.x (aka j2se) where 4.1 only needed 1.3. Well, Gnu Java is enough to satisfy that 1.3 requirement, but for 1.4 I actually need Sun, which means the package I’m making can be redistributed. I could turn of java, but I have a feeling that would break some needed compatibility. I think my best option at this point is to email the MDK maintainers about the move and see what they think.

I looked up some new recipies last night, so maybe I’ll be eating yummie stuff soon. It seems like I’ve been eating the same old stuff when at home, the three P’s of pizza, pasta, and potato. So I think I’ll start playing with new food.

I also read a chapter and a half of my book, which surprised me because I’ve not read that much of this book in one sitting yet. It keeps my interest, but only in short stints.

Back to work.