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15<p align=center><b>Release 2.0: upgrade requirements</b></p>
16<p>You will need to upgrade your on-disk databases, as all access method
17database formats changed in the Berkeley DB 2.0 release.  For information on
18converting databases from Berkeley DB 1.85 to Berkeley DB 2.0, see the
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