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* Remove references to Berkeley DB, including most of the

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@ -96,18 +96,23 @@ ubiquitous 2.5.4a won't. Note that these are only required if you
modify the parser or when you are building from the Subversion
repository.</para>
<para>Nix uses Sleepycat's Berkeley DB, CWI's ATerm library and the
bzip2 compressor (including the bzip2 library). These are included in
the Nix source distribution. If you build from the Subversion
repository, you must download them yourself and place them in the
<para>Nix uses CWI's ATerm library and the bzip2 compressor (including
the bzip2 library). These are included in the Nix source
distribution. If you build from the Subversion repository, you must
download them yourself and place them in the
<filename>externals/</filename> directory. See
<filename>externals/Makefile.am</filename> for the precise URLs of
these packages. Alternatively, if you already have them installed,
you can use <command>configure</command>'s
<option>--with-bdb</option>, <option>--with-aterm</option> and
<option>--with-bzip2</option> options to point to their respective
locations. Note that Berkeley DB <emphasis>must</emphasis> be version
4.5; other versions may not have compatible database formats.</para>
<option>--with-aterm</option> and <option>--with-bzip2</option>
options to point to their respective locations.</para>
<para>If you want to be able to upgrade Nix stores from before version
0.12pre12020, you need Sleepycat's Berkeley DB version version 4.5.
(Other versions may not have compatible database formats.). Berkeley
DB 4.5 is included in the Nix source distribution. If you do not need
this ability, you can build Nix with the
<option>--disable-old-db-compat</option> configure option.</para>
</section>