diff --git a/bdb-examples/Makefile b/bdb-examples/Makefile
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-LDFLAGS = -ldb
diff --git a/bdb-examples/subcommit.c b/bdb-examples/subcommit.c
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--- a/bdb-examples/subcommit.c
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-/* -*- mode: C; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
-// vim: expandtab:ts=8:sw=4:softtabstop=4:
-#ident "Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Tokutek Inc.  All rights reserved."
-
-#include <db.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <toku_assert.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#define DIR "subcommit.dir"
-
-DB_ENV *env;
-DB *db;
-DB_TXN *txn=0;
-
-int main (int argc, char *const argv[]) {
-    int r;
-    int i;
-    r = system("rm -rf ./" DIR);
-    r = mkdir(DIR, 0777);                assert(r==0);
-    r = db_env_create(&env, 0);          assert(r==0);
-    r = env->open(env, DIR, DB_INIT_LOCK|DB_INIT_LOG|DB_INIT_MPOOL|DB_INIT_TXN|DB_CREATE|DB_THREAD|DB_RECOVER|DB_PRIVATE, 0666); assert(r==0);
-    r = db_create(&db, env, 0);          assert(r==0);
-    r = env->txn_begin(env, 0, &txn, 0); assert(r==0);
-    r = db->open(db, txn, "t1.db", "main", DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE|DB_THREAD | (txn ? 0 : DB_AUTO_COMMIT), 0660); assert(r==0);
-    for (i=0; i<1000; i++) {
-	DB_TXN *subtxn;
-	DBT a,b;
-	int data=htonl(i);
-	r = env->txn_begin(env, txn, &subtxn, 0); assert(r==0);
-	memset(&a, 0, sizeof(a));
-	memset(&b, 0, sizeof(b));
-	a.data  = b.data  = &data;
-	a.flags = b.flags = 0;
-	a.ulen  = b.ulen  = 0;
-	a.size  = b.size   =  sizeof(data);
-	r = db->put(db, subtxn, &a, &b, 0); if (r!=0) db->err(db, r, "%s:%d", __FILE__, __LINE__); assert(r==0);
-	r = subtxn->commit(subtxn, 0);      assert(r==0);
-    }
-    if (txn) {
-	r = txn->commit(txn, 0); assert(r==0);
-    }
-    r = db->close(db, 0);    assert(r==0);
-    r = env->close(env, 0);  assert(r==0);
-    return 0;
-}