5 * A few casting cleanups for building with C++ from Steve Peters.
7 * Fixed problem with recno which happened if you changed directory after
8 opening the database. Problem reported by Andrew Pam.
11 1.814 11 November 2005
13 * Fix from Dominic Dunlop to tidy up an OS-X specific warning in
16 * Silenced a warning about $DB_File::Error only being used once.
17 Issue spotted by Dominic Dunlop.
19 1.813 31st October 2005
21 * Updates for Berkeley DB 4.4
23 1.812 9th October 2005
25 * Added libscan to Makefile.PL
27 * Fixed test failing under windows
31 * Fixed DBM filter bug in seq
35 * Fixed db-hash.t for Cygwin
37 * Added substr tests to db-hast.t
39 * Documented AIX build problem in README.
43 * Merged core patch 22258
45 * Merged core patch 22741
47 * Fixed core bug 30237.
48 Using substr to pass parameters to the low-level Berkeley DB interface
49 causes problems with Perl 5.8.1 or better.
50 typemap fix supplied by Marcus Holland-Moritz.
52 1.808 22nd December 2003
54 * Added extra DBM Filter tests.
56 * Fixed a memory leak in ParseOpenInfo, which whould occur if the
57 opening of the database failed. Leak spotted by Adrian Enache.
59 1.807 1st November 2003
61 * Fixed minor typos on pod documetation - reported by Jeremy Mates &
64 * dbinfo updated to report when a database is encrypted.
66 1.806 22nd October 2002
68 * Fixed problem when trying to build with a multi-threaded perl.
70 * Tidied up the recursion detetion code.
72 * merged core patch 17844 - missing dTHX declarations.
74 * merged core patch 17838
76 1.805 1st September 2002
78 * Added support to allow DB_File to build with Berkeley DB 4.1.X
80 * Tightened up the test harness to test that calls to untie don't generate
81 the "untie attempted while %d inner references still exist" warning.
83 * added code to guard against calling the callbacks (compare,hash & prefix)
86 * pasing undef for the flags and/or mode when opening a database could cause
87 a "Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry" warning. Now silenced.
89 * DBM filter code beefed up to cope with read-only $_.
93 * Perl core patch 14939 added a new warning to "splice". This broke the
94 db-recno test harness. Fixed.
96 * merged core patches 16502 & 16540.
100 * Fixed a problem with db-btree.t where it complained about an "our"
101 variable redeclaation.
103 * FETCH, STORE & DELETE don't map the flags parameter into the
104 equivalent Berkeley DB function anymore.
106 1.802 6th January 2002
108 * The message about some test failing in db-recno.t had the wrong test
111 * merged core patch 13942.
113 1.801 26th November 2001
115 * Fixed typo in Makefile.PL
117 * Added "clean" attribute to Makefile.PL
119 1.800 23rd November 2001
121 * use pport.h for perl backward compatability code.
123 * use new ExtUtils::Constant module to generate XS constants.
125 * upgrade Makefile.PL upgrade/downgrade code to toggle "our" with
128 1.79 22nd October 2001
130 * Added a "local $SIG{__DIE__}" inside the eval that checks for
131 the presence of XSLoader s suggested by Andrew Hryckowin.
133 * merged core patch 12277.
135 * Changed NEXTKEY to not initialise the input key. It isn't used anyway.
137 1.79 22nd October 2001
139 * Fixed test harness for cygwin
143 * the test in Makefile.PL for AIX used -plthreads. Should have been
146 * merged Core patches
147 10372, 10335, 10372, 10534, 10549, 10643, 11051, 11194, 11432
149 * added documentation patch regarding duplicate keys from Andrew Johnson
154 * AIX is reported to need -lpthreads, so Makefile.PL now checks for
155 AIX and adds it to the link options.
157 * Minor documentation updates.
159 * Merged Core patch 9176
161 * Added a patch from Edward Avis that adds support for splice with
164 * Modified Makefile.PL to only enable the warnings pragma if using perl
167 1.76 15th January 2001
169 * Added instructions for using LD_PRELOAD to get Berkeley DB 2.x to work
170 with DB_File on Linux. Thanks to Norbert Bollow for sending details of
174 1.75 17th December 2000
176 * Fixed perl core patch 7703
178 * Added suppport to allow DB_File to be built with Berkeley DB 3.2 --
179 btree_compare, btree_prefix and hash_cb needed to be changed.
181 * Updated dbinfo to support Berkeley DB 3.2 file format changes.
184 1.74 10th December 2000
186 * A "close" call in DB_File.xs needed parenthesised to stop win32 from
187 thinking it was one of its macros.
189 * Updated dbinfo to support Berkeley DB 3.1 file format changes.
191 * DB_File.pm & the test hasness now use the warnings pragma (when
194 * Included Perl core patch 7703 -- size argument for hash_cb is different
197 * Included Perl core patch 7801 -- Give __getBerkeleyDBInfo the ANSI C
200 * @a = () produced the warning 'Argument "" isn't numeric in entersub'
201 This has been fixed. Thanks to Edward Avis for spotting this bug.
203 * Added note about building under Linux. Included patches.
205 * Included Perl core patch 8068 -- fix for bug 20001013.009
206 When run with warnings enabled "$hash{XX} = undef " produced an
207 "Uninitialized value" warning. This has been fixed.
211 * Added support in version.c for building with threaded Perl.
213 * Berkeley DB 3.1 has reenabled support for null keys. The test
214 harness has been updated to reflect this.
216 1.72 16th January 2000
220 * The module will now use XSLoader when it is available. When it
221 isn't it will use DynaLoader.
223 * The locking section in DB_File.pm has been discredited. Many thanks
224 to David Harris for spotting the underlying problem, contributing
225 the updates to the documentation and writing DB_File::Lock (available
228 1.71 7th September 1999
230 * Fixed a bug that prevented 1.70 from compiling under win32
232 * Updated to support Berkeley DB 3.x
234 * Updated dbinfo for Berkeley DB 3.x file formats.
238 * Initialise $DB_File::db_ver and $DB_File::db_version with
239 GV_ADD|GV_ADDMULT -- bug spotted by Nick Ing-Simmons.
241 * Added a BOOT check to test for equivalent versions of db.h &
246 * fixed a bug in push -- DB_APPEND wasn't working properly.
248 * Fixed the R_SETCURSOR bug introduced in 1.68
250 * Added a new Perl variable $DB_File::db_ver
254 * Merged changes from 5.005_58
256 * Fixed a bug in R_IBEFORE & R_IAFTER procesing in Berkeley DB
259 * Added some of the examples in the POD into the test harness.
263 * Added DBM Filter documentation to DB_File.pm
265 * Fixed DBM Filter code to work with 5.004
267 * A few instances of newSVpvn were used in 1.66. This isn't available in
268 Perl 5.004_04 or earlier. Replaced with newSVpv.
272 * Added DBM Filter code
276 * Fixed a bug in the recno PUSH logic.
277 * The BOOT version check now needs 2.3.4 when using Berkeley DB version 2
279 1.64 21st February 1999
281 * Tidied the 1.x to 2.x flag mapping code.
282 * Added a patch from Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> to fix a flag
283 mapping problem with O_RDONLY on the Hurd
284 * Updated the message that db-recno.t prints when tests 51, 53 or 55 fail.
286 1.63 19th December 1998
288 * Fix to allow DB 2.6.x to build with DB_File
289 * Documentation updated to use push,pop etc in the RECNO example &
290 to include the find_dup & del_dup methods.
292 1.62 30th November 1998
294 Added hints/dynixptx.pl.
295 Fixed typemap -- 1.61 used PL_na instead of na
297 1.61 19th November 1998
299 Added a note to README about how to build Berkeley DB 2.x when
301 Minor modifications to get the module to build with DB 2.5.x
302 Fixed a typo in the definition of O_RDONLY, courtesy of Mark Kettenis.
305 Changed the test to check for full tied array support
308 Updated the license section.
310 Berkeley DB 2.4.10 disallows zero length keys. Tests 32 & 42 in
311 db-btree.t and test 27 in db-hash.t failed because of this change.
312 Those tests have been zapped.
314 Added dbinfo to the distribution.
317 Tied Array support was enhanced in Perl 5.004_57. DB_File now
318 supports PUSH,POP,SHIFT,UNSHIFT & STORESIZE.
320 Fixed a problem with the use of sv_setpvn. When the size is
321 specified as 0, it does a strlen on the data. This was ok for DB
322 1.x, but isn't for DB 2.x.
325 If Perl has been compiled with Threads support,the symbol op will be
326 defined. This clashes with a field name in db.h, so it needs to be
327 #undef'ed before db.h is included.
330 Documented the Solaris 2.5 mutex bug
337 Fixed a small bug in the test harness when run under win32
338 The emulation of fd when useing DB 2.x was busted.
342 Added DB_RENUMBER to flags for recno.
346 Patch from Nick Ing-Simmons now allows DB_File to build on NT.
351 Fixed the test harness so that it doesn't expect DB_File to have
352 been installed by the main Perl build.
355 Fixed a bug in mapping 1.x O_RDONLY flag to 2.x DB_RDONLY equivalent
359 DB_File can now build with either DB 1.x or 2.x, but not both at
364 A harmless looking tab was causing Makefile.PL to fail on AIX 3.2.5
366 Small fix for the AIX strict C compiler XLC which doesn't like
367 __attribute__ being defined via proto.h and redefined via db.h. Fix
368 courtesy of Jarkko Hietaniemi.
372 Patch from Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> to suppress "use of undefined
373 value" warning with db_get and db_seq.
375 Patch from Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> to make DB_File export only the
376 O_* constants from Fcntl.
378 Removed the DESTROY method from the DB_File::HASHINFO module.
380 Previously DB_File hard-wired the class name of any object that it
381 created to "DB_File". This makes sub-classing difficult. Now
382 DB_File creats objects in the namespace of the package it has been
388 Made it illegal to tie an associative array to a RECNO database and
389 an ordinary array to a HASH or BTREE database.
393 Minor changes to DB_FIle.xs and DB_File.pm
397 Documented the incompatibility with version 2 of Berkeley DB.
401 Documented the untie gotcha.
405 Fixed fd method so that it still returns -1 for in-memory files
406 when db 1.86 is used.
410 Minor bug fix in DB_File::HASHINFO, DB_File::RECNOINFO and
413 Changed default mode to 0666.
417 Documented operation of bval.
421 Fixed bug with RECNO, where bval wasn't defaulting to "\n".
425 Minor namespace cleanup: Localized PrintBtree.
429 Made all scripts in the documentation strict and -w clean.
431 Added logic to DB_File.xs to allow the module to be built after
436 Minor documentation changes.
438 Fixed a bug in hash_cb. Patches supplied by Dave Hammen,
439 <hammen@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.govt>.
441 Fixed a bug with the constructors for DB_File::HASHINFO,
442 DB_File::BTREEINFO and DB_File::RECNOINFO. Also tidied up the
443 constructors to make them -w clean.
445 Reworked part of the test harness to be more locale friendly.
449 Documentation update.
451 DB_File now imports the constants (O_RDWR, O_CREAT etc.) from Fcntl
454 The standard hash function exists is now supported.
456 Modified the behavior of get_dup. When it returns an associative
457 array, the value is the count of the number of matching BTREE
462 Merged OS/2 specific code into DB_File.xs
464 Removed some redundant code in DB_File.xs.
466 Documentation update.
468 Allow negative subscripts with RECNO interface.
470 Changed the default flags from O_RDWR to O_CREAT|O_RDWR.
472 The example code which showed how to lock a database needed a call
473 to sync added. Without it the resultant database file was empty.
475 Added get_dup method.
479 Fixed a core dump problem with SunOS.
481 The return value from TIEHASH wasn't set to NULL when dbopen
486 DB_File has been in use for over a year. To reflect that, the
487 version number has been incremented to 1.0.
489 Added complete support for multiple concurrent callbacks.
491 Using the push method on an empty list didn't work properly. This
496 Added prototype support for multiple btree compare callbacks.
500 When DB_File is opening a database file it no longer terminates the
501 process if dbopen returned an error. This allows file protection
502 errors to be caught at run time. Thanks to Judith Grass
503 <grass@cybercash.com> for spotting the bug.