ctl_cyrusdb db version error

[Simon Matter]

> Helo,
> on a server ( debian 5.0 ) I installed three years ago cyrus 3.2.11 but
> I have never used
> now I wanted to install cyrus 2.4.10 but when I run the command
> /usr/cyrus/bin/ctl_cyrusdb -r I get :
>
> Fatal error: wrong db version
> segmentation fault
>

>
> it is possible that ctl_cyrus version 2.4.10 compiled with version 4.6
> of libdb give me error because' /usr/lib/libbd.so is a symbolic link to
> version 4.4?
>
> How can I fix this problem ?
>
> Since I will have to do the same operation on a production server should
> I switch from berkeley db to skiplist db, before upgrade cyrus ?

I can only recommend to switch to skiplist before upgrade. That way you
can get rid of the BDB version issues. You can then even build 2.4.x
without BDB support.

Simon