2 1.806 22nd October 2002
4 * Fixed problem when trying to build with a multi-threaded perl.
6 * Tidied up the recursion detetion code.
8 * merged core patch 17844 - missing dTHX declarations.
10 * merged core patch 17838
12 1.805 1st September 2002
14 * Added support to allow DB_File to build with Berkeley DB 4.1.X
16 * Tightened up the test harness to test that calls to untie don't generate
17 the "untie attempted while %d inner references still exist" warning.
19 * added code to guard against calling the callbacks (compare,hash & prefix)
22 * pasing undef for the flags and/or mode when opening a database could cause
23 a "Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry" warning. Now silenced.
25 * DBM filter code beefed up to cope with read-only $_.
29 * Perl core patch 14939 added a new warning to "splice". This broke the
30 db-recno test harness. Fixed.
32 * merged core patches 16502 & 16540.
36 * Fixed a problem with db-btree.t where it complained about an "our"
37 variable redeclaation.
39 * FETCH, STORE & DELETE don't map the flags parameter into the
40 equivalent Berkeley DB function anymore.
42 1.802 6th January 2002
44 * The message about some test failing in db-recno.t had the wrong test
47 * merged core patch 13942.
49 1.801 26th November 2001
51 * Fixed typo in Makefile.PL
53 * Added "clean" attribute to Makefile.PL
55 1.800 23rd November 2001
57 * use pport.h for perl backward compatability code.
59 * use new ExtUtils::Constant module to generate XS constants.
61 * upgrade Makefile.PL upgrade/downgrade code to toggle "our" with
64 1.79 22nd October 2001
66 * Added a "local $SIG{__DIE__}" inside the eval that checks for
67 the presence of XSLoader s suggested by Andrew Hryckowin.
69 * merged core patch 12277.
71 * Changed NEXTKEY to not initialise the input key. It isn't used anyway.
73 1.79 22nd October 2001
75 * Fixed test harness for cygwin
79 * the test in Makefile.PL for AIX used -plthreads. Should have been
83 10372, 10335, 10372, 10534, 10549, 10643, 11051, 11194, 11432
85 * added documentation patch regarding duplicate keys from Andrew Johnson
90 * AIX is reported to need -lpthreads, so Makefile.PL now checks for
91 AIX and adds it to the link options.
93 * Minor documentation updates.
95 * Merged Core patch 9176
97 * Added a patch from Edward Avis that adds support for splice with
100 * Modified Makefile.PL to only enable the warnings pragma if using perl
103 1.76 15th January 2001
105 * Added instructions for using LD_PRELOAD to get Berkeley DB 2.x to work
106 with DB_File on Linux. Thanks to Norbert Bollow for sending details of
110 1.75 17th December 2000
112 * Fixed perl core patch 7703
114 * Added suppport to allow DB_File to be built with Berkeley DB 3.2 --
115 btree_compare, btree_prefix and hash_cb needed to be changed.
117 * Updated dbinfo to support Berkeley DB 3.2 file format changes.
120 1.74 10th December 2000
122 * A "close" call in DB_File.xs needed parenthesised to stop win32 from
123 thinking it was one of its macros.
125 * Updated dbinfo to support Berkeley DB 3.1 file format changes.
127 * DB_File.pm & the test hasness now use the warnings pragma (when
130 * Included Perl core patch 7703 -- size argument for hash_cb is different
133 * Included Perl core patch 7801 -- Give __getBerkeleyDBInfo the ANSI C
136 * @a = () produced the warning 'Argument "" isn't numeric in entersub'
137 This has been fixed. Thanks to Edward Avis for spotting this bug.
139 * Added note about building under Linux. Included patches.
141 * Included Perl core patch 8068 -- fix for bug 20001013.009
142 When run with warnings enabled "$hash{XX} = undef " produced an
143 "Uninitialized value" warning. This has been fixed.
147 * Added support in version.c for building with threaded Perl.
149 * Berkeley DB 3.1 has reenabled support for null keys. The test
150 harness has been updated to reflect this.
152 1.72 16th January 2000
156 * The module will now use XSLoader when it is available. When it
157 isn't it will use DynaLoader.
159 * The locking section in DB_File.pm has been discredited. Many thanks
160 to David Harris for spotting the underlying problem, contributing
161 the updates to the documentation and writing DB_File::Lock (available
164 1.71 7th September 1999
166 * Fixed a bug that prevented 1.70 from compiling under win32
168 * Updated to support Berkeley DB 3.x
170 * Updated dbinfo for Berkeley DB 3.x file formats.
174 * Initialise $DB_File::db_ver and $DB_File::db_version with
175 GV_ADD|GV_ADDMULT -- bug spotted by Nick Ing-Simmons.
177 * Added a BOOT check to test for equivalent versions of db.h &
182 * fixed a bug in push -- DB_APPEND wasn't working properly.
184 * Fixed the R_SETCURSOR bug introduced in 1.68
186 * Added a new Perl variable $DB_File::db_ver
190 * Merged changes from 5.005_58
192 * Fixed a bug in R_IBEFORE & R_IAFTER procesing in Berkeley DB
195 * Added some of the examples in the POD into the test harness.
199 * Added DBM Filter documentation to DB_File.pm
201 * Fixed DBM Filter code to work with 5.004
203 * A few instances of newSVpvn were used in 1.66. This isn't available in
204 Perl 5.004_04 or earlier. Replaced with newSVpv.
208 * Added DBM Filter code
212 * Fixed a bug in the recno PUSH logic.
213 * The BOOT version check now needs 2.3.4 when using Berkeley DB version 2
215 1.64 21st February 1999
217 * Tidied the 1.x to 2.x flag mapping code.
218 * Added a patch from Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> to fix a flag
219 mapping problem with O_RDONLY on the Hurd
220 * Updated the message that db-recno.t prints when tests 51, 53 or 55 fail.
222 1.63 19th December 1998
224 * Fix to allow DB 2.6.x to build with DB_File
225 * Documentation updated to use push,pop etc in the RECNO example &
226 to include the find_dup & del_dup methods.
228 1.62 30th November 1998
230 Added hints/dynixptx.pl.
231 Fixed typemap -- 1.61 used PL_na instead of na
233 1.61 19th November 1998
235 Added a note to README about how to build Berkeley DB 2.x when
237 Minor modifications to get the module to build with DB 2.5.x
238 Fixed a typo in the definition of O_RDONLY, courtesy of Mark Kettenis.
241 Changed the test to check for full tied array support
244 Updated the license section.
246 Berkeley DB 2.4.10 disallows zero length keys. Tests 32 & 42 in
247 db-btree.t and test 27 in db-hash.t failed because of this change.
248 Those tests have been zapped.
250 Added dbinfo to the distribution.
253 Tied Array support was enhanced in Perl 5.004_57. DB_File now
254 supports PUSH,POP,SHIFT,UNSHIFT & STORESIZE.
256 Fixed a problem with the use of sv_setpvn. When the size is
257 specified as 0, it does a strlen on the data. This was ok for DB
258 1.x, but isn't for DB 2.x.
261 If Perl has been compiled with Threads support,the symbol op will be
262 defined. This clashes with a field name in db.h, so it needs to be
263 #undef'ed before db.h is included.
266 Documented the Solaris 2.5 mutex bug
273 Fixed a small bug in the test harness when run under win32
274 The emulation of fd when useing DB 2.x was busted.
278 Added DB_RENUMBER to flags for recno.
282 Patch from Nick Ing-Simmons now allows DB_File to build on NT.
287 Fixed the test harness so that it doesn't expect DB_File to have
288 been installed by the main Perl build.
291 Fixed a bug in mapping 1.x O_RDONLY flag to 2.x DB_RDONLY equivalent
295 DB_File can now build with either DB 1.x or 2.x, but not both at
300 A harmless looking tab was causing Makefile.PL to fail on AIX 3.2.5
302 Small fix for the AIX strict C compiler XLC which doesn't like
303 __attribute__ being defined via proto.h and redefined via db.h. Fix
304 courtesy of Jarkko Hietaniemi.
308 Patch from Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> to suppress "use of undefined
309 value" warning with db_get and db_seq.
311 Patch from Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> to make DB_File export only the
312 O_* constants from Fcntl.
314 Removed the DESTROY method from the DB_File::HASHINFO module.
316 Previously DB_File hard-wired the class name of any object that it
317 created to "DB_File". This makes sub-classing difficult. Now
318 DB_File creats objects in the namespace of the package it has been
324 Made it illegal to tie an associative array to a RECNO database and
325 an ordinary array to a HASH or BTREE database.
329 Minor changes to DB_FIle.xs and DB_File.pm
333 Documented the incompatibility with version 2 of Berkeley DB.
337 Documented the untie gotcha.
341 Fixed fd method so that it still returns -1 for in-memory files
342 when db 1.86 is used.
346 Minor bug fix in DB_File::HASHINFO, DB_File::RECNOINFO and
349 Changed default mode to 0666.
353 Documented operation of bval.
357 Fixed bug with RECNO, where bval wasn't defaulting to "\n".
361 Minor namespace cleanup: Localized PrintBtree.
365 Made all scripts in the documentation strict and -w clean.
367 Added logic to DB_File.xs to allow the module to be built after
372 Minor documentation changes.
374 Fixed a bug in hash_cb. Patches supplied by Dave Hammen,
375 <hammen@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.govt>.
377 Fixed a bug with the constructors for DB_File::HASHINFO,
378 DB_File::BTREEINFO and DB_File::RECNOINFO. Also tidied up the
379 constructors to make them -w clean.
381 Reworked part of the test harness to be more locale friendly.
385 Documentation update.
387 DB_File now imports the constants (O_RDWR, O_CREAT etc.) from Fcntl
390 The standard hash function exists is now supported.
392 Modified the behavior of get_dup. When it returns an associative
393 array, the value is the count of the number of matching BTREE
398 Merged OS/2 specific code into DB_File.xs
400 Removed some redundant code in DB_File.xs.
402 Documentation update.
404 Allow negative subscripts with RECNO interface.
406 Changed the default flags from O_RDWR to O_CREAT|O_RDWR.
408 The example code which showed how to lock a database needed a call
409 to sync added. Without it the resultant database file was empty.
411 Added get_dup method.
415 Fixed a core dump problem with SunOS.
417 The return value from TIEHASH wasn't set to NULL when dbopen
422 DB_File has been in use for over a year. To reflect that, the
423 version number has been incremented to 1.0.
425 Added complete support for multiple concurrent callbacks.
427 Using the push method on an empty list didn't work properly. This
432 Added prototype support for multiple btree compare callbacks.
436 When DB_File is opening a database file it no longer terminates the
437 process if dbopen returned an error. This allows file protection
438 errors to be caught at run time. Thanks to Judith Grass
439 <grass@cybercash.com> for spotting the bug.