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@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ turned off by default. See the configure options for upnp behavior desired:
Berkeley DB
-----------
It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself,
-you can use [the installation script included in contrib/](contrib/install_db4.sh)
+you can use [the installation script included in contrib/](/contrib/install_db4.sh)
like so
```shell
@@ -312,17 +312,13 @@ You need to use GNU make (`gmake`) instead of `make`.
For the wallet (optional):
- pkg install db5
-
-This will give a warning "configure: WARNING: Found Berkeley DB other
-than 4.8; wallets opened by this build will not be portable!", but as FreeBSD never
-had a binary release, this may not matter. If backwards compatibility
-with 4.8-built Bitcoin Core is needed follow the steps under "Berkeley DB" above.
+ ./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd`
+ setenv BDB_PREFIX $PWD/db4
Then build using:
./autogen.sh
- ./configure --with-incompatible-bdb BDB_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/db5" BDB_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -ldb_cxx-5"
+ ./configure BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx"
gmake
*Note on debugging*: The version of `gdb` installed by default is [ancient and considered harmful](https://wiki.freebsd.org/GdbRetirement).