-0.1
- First Release.
+1.811 12th March 2005
-0.2
+ * Fixed DBM filter bug in seq
- When DB_File is opening a database file it no longer terminates the
- process if dbopen returned an error. This allows file protection
- errors to be caught at run time. Thanks to Judith Grass
- <grass@cybercash.com> for spotting the bug.
+1.810 7th August 2004
-0.3
+ * Fixed db-hash.t for Cygwin
- Added prototype support for multiple btree compare callbacks.
+ * Added substr tests to db-hast.t
-1.0
+ * Documented AIX build problem in README.
- DB_File has been in use for over a year. To reflect that, the
- version number has been incremented to 1.0.
+1.809 20th June 2004
- Added complete support for multiple concurrent callbacks.
+ * Merged core patch 22258
- Using the push method on an empty list didn't work properly. This
- has been fixed.
+ * Merged core patch 22741
-1.01
+ * Fixed core bug 30237.
+ Using substr to pass parameters to the low-level Berkeley DB interface
+ causes problems with Perl 5.8.1 or better.
+ typemap fix supplied by Marcus Holland-Moritz.
- Fixed a core dump problem with SunOS.
+1.808 22nd December 2003
- The return value from TIEHASH wasn't set to NULL when dbopen
- returned an error.
+ * Added extra DBM Filter tests.
-1.02
+ * Fixed a memory leak in ParseOpenInfo, which whould occur if the
+ opening of the database failed. Leak spotted by Adrian Enache.
- Merged OS/2 specific code into DB_File.xs
+1.807 1st November 2003
- Removed some redundant code in DB_File.xs.
+ * Fixed minor typos on pod documetation - reported by Jeremy Mates &
+ Mark Jason Dominus.
- Documentation update.
+ * dbinfo updated to report when a database is encrypted.
- Allow negative subscripts with RECNO interface.
+1.806 22nd October 2002
- Changed the default flags from O_RDWR to O_CREAT|O_RDWR.
+ * Fixed problem when trying to build with a multi-threaded perl.
- The example code which showed how to lock a database needed a call
- to sync added. Without it the resultant database file was empty.
+ * Tidied up the recursion detetion code.
- Added get_dup method.
+ * merged core patch 17844 - missing dTHX declarations.
-1.03
+ * merged core patch 17838
- Documentation update.
+1.805 1st September 2002
- DB_File now imports the constants (O_RDWR, O_CREAT etc.) from Fcntl
- automatically.
+ * Added support to allow DB_File to build with Berkeley DB 4.1.X
- The standard hash function exists is now supported.
+ * Tightened up the test harness to test that calls to untie don't generate
+ the "untie attempted while %d inner references still exist" warning.
- Modified the behavior of get_dup. When it returns an associative
- array, the value is the count of the number of matching BTREE
- values.
+ * added code to guard against calling the callbacks (compare,hash & prefix)
+ recursively.
-1.04
+ * pasing undef for the flags and/or mode when opening a database could cause
+ a "Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry" warning. Now silenced.
- Minor documentation changes.
+ * DBM filter code beefed up to cope with read-only $_.
- Fixed a bug in hash_cb. Patches supplied by Dave Hammen,
- <hammen@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.govt>.
+1.804 2nd June 2002
- Fixed a bug with the constructors for DB_File::HASHINFO,
- DB_File::BTREEINFO and DB_File::RECNOINFO. Also tidied up the
- constructors to make them -w clean.
+ * Perl core patch 14939 added a new warning to "splice". This broke the
+ db-recno test harness. Fixed.
- Reworked part of the test harness to be more locale friendly.
+ * merged core patches 16502 & 16540.
-1.05
+1.803 1st March 2002
- Made all scripts in the documentation strict and -w clean.
+ * Fixed a problem with db-btree.t where it complained about an "our"
+ variable redeclaation.
- Added logic to DB_File.xs to allow the module to be built after
- Perl is installed.
+ * FETCH, STORE & DELETE don't map the flags parameter into the
+ equivalent Berkeley DB function anymore.
-1.06
+1.802 6th January 2002
- Minor namespace cleanup: Localized PrintBtree.
+ * The message about some test failing in db-recno.t had the wrong test
+ numbers. Fixed.
-1.07
+ * merged core patch 13942.
- Fixed bug with RECNO, where bval wasn't defaulting to "\n".
+1.801 26th November 2001
-1.08
+ * Fixed typo in Makefile.PL
- Documented operation of bval.
+ * Added "clean" attribute to Makefile.PL
+
+1.800 23rd November 2001
-1.09
+ * use pport.h for perl backward compatability code.
- Minor bug fix in DB_File::HASHINFO, DB_File::RECNOINFO and
- DB_File::BTREEINFO.
+ * use new ExtUtils::Constant module to generate XS constants.
- Changed default mode to 0666.
+ * upgrade Makefile.PL upgrade/downgrade code to toggle "our" with
+ "use vars"
-1.10
+1.79 22nd October 2001
- Fixed fd method so that it still returns -1 for in-memory files
- when db 1.86 is used.
+ * Added a "local $SIG{__DIE__}" inside the eval that checks for
+ the presence of XSLoader s suggested by Andrew Hryckowin.
-1.11
+ * merged core patch 12277.
- Documented the untie gotcha.
+ * Changed NEXTKEY to not initialise the input key. It isn't used anyway.
-1.12
+1.79 22nd October 2001
- Documented the incompatibility with version 2 of Berkeley DB.
+ * Fixed test harness for cygwin
-1.13
+1.78 30th July 2001
- Minor changes to DB_FIle.xs and DB_File.pm
+ * the test in Makefile.PL for AIX used -plthreads. Should have been
+ -lpthreads
-1.14
+ * merged Core patches
+ 10372, 10335, 10372, 10534, 10549, 10643, 11051, 11194, 11432
- Made it illegal to tie an associative array to a RECNO database and
- an ordinary array to a HASH or BTREE database.
+ * added documentation patch regarding duplicate keys from Andrew Johnson
+
+
+1.77 26th April 2001
+
+ * AIX is reported to need -lpthreads, so Makefile.PL now checks for
+ AIX and adds it to the link options.
+
+ * Minor documentation updates.
+
+ * Merged Core patch 9176
+
+ * Added a patch from Edward Avis that adds support for splice with
+ recno databases.
+
+ * Modified Makefile.PL to only enable the warnings pragma if using perl
+ 5.6.1 or better.
+
+1.76 15th January 2001
+
+ * Added instructions for using LD_PRELOAD to get Berkeley DB 2.x to work
+ with DB_File on Linux. Thanks to Norbert Bollow for sending details of
+ this approach.
+
+
+1.75 17th December 2000
+
+ * Fixed perl core patch 7703
+
+ * Added suppport to allow DB_File to be built with Berkeley DB 3.2 --
+ btree_compare, btree_prefix and hash_cb needed to be changed.
+
+ * Updated dbinfo to support Berkeley DB 3.2 file format changes.
+
+
+1.74 10th December 2000
+
+ * A "close" call in DB_File.xs needed parenthesised to stop win32 from
+ thinking it was one of its macros.
+
+ * Updated dbinfo to support Berkeley DB 3.1 file format changes.
+
+ * DB_File.pm & the test hasness now use the warnings pragma (when
+ available).
+
+ * Included Perl core patch 7703 -- size argument for hash_cb is different
+ for Berkeley DB 3.x
+
+ * Included Perl core patch 7801 -- Give __getBerkeleyDBInfo the ANSI C
+ treatment.
+
+ * @a = () produced the warning 'Argument "" isn't numeric in entersub'
+ This has been fixed. Thanks to Edward Avis for spotting this bug.
+
+ * Added note about building under Linux. Included patches.
+
+ * Included Perl core patch 8068 -- fix for bug 20001013.009
+ When run with warnings enabled "$hash{XX} = undef " produced an
+ "Uninitialized value" warning. This has been fixed.
+
+1.73 31st May 2000
+
+ * Added support in version.c for building with threaded Perl.
+
+ * Berkeley DB 3.1 has reenabled support for null keys. The test
+ harness has been updated to reflect this.
+
+1.72 16th January 2000
+
+ * Added hints/sco.pl
+
+ * The module will now use XSLoader when it is available. When it
+ isn't it will use DynaLoader.
+
+ * The locking section in DB_File.pm has been discredited. Many thanks
+ to David Harris for spotting the underlying problem, contributing
+ the updates to the documentation and writing DB_File::Lock (available
+ on CPAN).
+
+1.71 7th September 1999
+
+ * Fixed a bug that prevented 1.70 from compiling under win32
+
+ * Updated to support Berkeley DB 3.x
+
+ * Updated dbinfo for Berkeley DB 3.x file formats.
+
+1.70 4th August 1999
+
+ * Initialise $DB_File::db_ver and $DB_File::db_version with
+ GV_ADD|GV_ADDMULT -- bug spotted by Nick Ing-Simmons.
+
+ * Added a BOOT check to test for equivalent versions of db.h &
+ libdb.a/so.
+
+1.69 3rd August 1999
+
+ * fixed a bug in push -- DB_APPEND wasn't working properly.
+
+ * Fixed the R_SETCURSOR bug introduced in 1.68
+
+ * Added a new Perl variable $DB_File::db_ver
+
+1.68 22nd July 1999
+
+ * Merged changes from 5.005_58
+
+ * Fixed a bug in R_IBEFORE & R_IAFTER procesing in Berkeley DB
+ 2 databases.
+
+ * Added some of the examples in the POD into the test harness.
+
+1.67 6th June 1999
+
+ * Added DBM Filter documentation to DB_File.pm
+
+ * Fixed DBM Filter code to work with 5.004
+
+ * A few instances of newSVpvn were used in 1.66. This isn't available in
+ Perl 5.004_04 or earlier. Replaced with newSVpv.
+
+1.66 15th March 1999
+
+ * Added DBM Filter code
+
+1.65 6th March 1999
+
+ * Fixed a bug in the recno PUSH logic.
+ * The BOOT version check now needs 2.3.4 when using Berkeley DB version 2
+
+1.64 21st February 1999
+
+ * Tidied the 1.x to 2.x flag mapping code.
+ * Added a patch from Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> to fix a flag
+ mapping problem with O_RDONLY on the Hurd
+ * Updated the message that db-recno.t prints when tests 51, 53 or 55 fail.
+
+1.63 19th December 1998
+
+ * Fix to allow DB 2.6.x to build with DB_File
+ * Documentation updated to use push,pop etc in the RECNO example &
+ to include the find_dup & del_dup methods.
+
+1.62 30th November 1998
+
+ Added hints/dynixptx.pl.
+ Fixed typemap -- 1.61 used PL_na instead of na
+
+1.61 19th November 1998
+
+ Added a note to README about how to build Berkeley DB 2.x when
+ using HP-UX.
+ Minor modifications to get the module to build with DB 2.5.x
+ Fixed a typo in the definition of O_RDONLY, courtesy of Mark Kettenis.
+
+1.60
+ Changed the test to check for full tied array support
+
+1.59
+ Updated the license section.
+
+ Berkeley DB 2.4.10 disallows zero length keys. Tests 32 & 42 in
+ db-btree.t and test 27 in db-hash.t failed because of this change.
+ Those tests have been zapped.
+
+ Added dbinfo to the distribution.
+
+1.58
+ Tied Array support was enhanced in Perl 5.004_57. DB_File now
+ supports PUSH,POP,SHIFT,UNSHIFT & STORESIZE.
+
+ Fixed a problem with the use of sv_setpvn. When the size is
+ specified as 0, it does a strlen on the data. This was ok for DB
+ 1.x, but isn't for DB 2.x.
+
+1.57
+ If Perl has been compiled with Threads support,the symbol op will be
+ defined. This clashes with a field name in db.h, so it needs to be
+ #undef'ed before db.h is included.
+
+1.56
+ Documented the Solaris 2.5 mutex bug
+
+1.55
+ Merged 1.16 changes.
+
+1.54
+
+ Fixed a small bug in the test harness when run under win32
+ The emulation of fd when useing DB 2.x was busted.
+
+1.53
+
+ Added DB_RENUMBER to flags for recno.
+
+1.52
+
+ Patch from Nick Ing-Simmons now allows DB_File to build on NT.
+ Merged 1.15 patch.
+
+1.51
+
+ Fixed the test harness so that it doesn't expect DB_File to have
+ been installed by the main Perl build.
+
+
+ Fixed a bug in mapping 1.x O_RDONLY flag to 2.x DB_RDONLY equivalent
+
+1.50
+
+ DB_File can now build with either DB 1.x or 2.x, but not both at
+ the same time.
+
+1.16
+
+ A harmless looking tab was causing Makefile.PL to fail on AIX 3.2.5
+
+ Small fix for the AIX strict C compiler XLC which doesn't like
+ __attribute__ being defined via proto.h and redefined via db.h. Fix
+ courtesy of Jarkko Hietaniemi.
1.15
inherited into.
-1.16
+1.14
- A harmless looking tab was causing Makefile.PL to fail on AIX 3.2.5
+ Made it illegal to tie an associative array to a RECNO database and
+ an ordinary array to a HASH or BTREE database.
- Small fix for the AIX strict C compiler XLC which doesn't like
- __attribute__ being defined via proto.h and redefined via db.h. Fix
- courtesy of Jarkko Hietaniemi.
+1.13
-1.50
+ Minor changes to DB_FIle.xs and DB_File.pm
- DB_File can now build with either DB 1.x or 2.x, but not both at
- the same time.
+1.12
-1.51
+ Documented the incompatibility with version 2 of Berkeley DB.
- Fixed the test harness so that it doesn't expect DB_File to have
- been installed by the main Perl build.
+1.11
+ Documented the untie gotcha.
- Fixed a bug in mapping 1.x O_RDONLY flag to 2.x DB_RDONLY equivalent
+1.10
-1.52
+ Fixed fd method so that it still returns -1 for in-memory files
+ when db 1.86 is used.
- Patch from Nick Ing-Simmons now allows DB_File to build on NT.
- Merged 1.15 patch.
+1.09
-1.53
+ Minor bug fix in DB_File::HASHINFO, DB_File::RECNOINFO and
+ DB_File::BTREEINFO.
- Added DB_RENUMBER to flags for recno.
+ Changed default mode to 0666.
-1.54
+1.08
- Fixed a small bug in the test harness when run under win32
- The emulation of fd when useing DB 2.x was busted.
+ Documented operation of bval.
-1.55
- Merged 1.16 changes.
+1.07
-1.56
- Documented the Solaris 2.5 mutex bug
+ Fixed bug with RECNO, where bval wasn't defaulting to "\n".
-1.57
- If Perl has been compiled with Threads support,the symbol op will be
- defined. This clashes with a field name in db.h, so it needs to be
- #undef'ed before db.h is included.
+1.06
-1.58
- Tied Array support was enhanced in Perl 5.004_57. DB_File now
- supports PUSH,POP,SHIFT,UNSHIFT & STORESIZE.
+ Minor namespace cleanup: Localized PrintBtree.
- Fixed a problem with the use of sv_setpvn. When the size is
- specified as 0, it does a strlen on the data. This was ok for DB
- 1.x, but isn't for DB 2.x.
+1.05
-1.59
- Updated the license section.
+ Made all scripts in the documentation strict and -w clean.
- Berkeley DB 2.4.10 disallows zero length keys. Tests 32 & 42 in
- db-btree.t and test 27 in db-hash.t failed because of this change.
- Those tests have been zapped.
+ Added logic to DB_File.xs to allow the module to be built after
+ Perl is installed.
- Added dbinfo to the distribution.
+1.04
-1.60
- Changed the test to check for full tied array support
+ Minor documentation changes.
-1.61 19th November 1998
+ Fixed a bug in hash_cb. Patches supplied by Dave Hammen,
+ <hammen@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.govt>.
- Added a note to README about how to build Berkeley DB 2.x when
- using HP-UX.
- Minor modifications to get the module to build with DB 2.5.x
- Fixed a typo in the definition of O_RDONLY, courtesy of Mark Kettenis.
+ Fixed a bug with the constructors for DB_File::HASHINFO,
+ DB_File::BTREEINFO and DB_File::RECNOINFO. Also tidied up the
+ constructors to make them -w clean.
-1.62 30th November 1998
+ Reworked part of the test harness to be more locale friendly.
- Added hints/dynixptx.pl.
- Fixed typemap -- 1.61 used PL_na instead of na
+1.03
-1.63 19th December 1998
+ Documentation update.
- * Fix to allow DB 2.6.x to build with DB_File
- * Documentation updated to use push,pop etc in the RECNO example &
- to include the find_dup & del_dup methods.
+ DB_File now imports the constants (O_RDWR, O_CREAT etc.) from Fcntl
+ automatically.
-1.64 21st February 1999
+ The standard hash function exists is now supported.
- * Tidied the 1.x to 2.x flag mapping code.
- * Added a patch from Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> to fix a flag
- mapping problem with O_RDONLY on the Hurd
- * Updated the message that db-recno.t prints when tests 51, 53 or 55 fail.
+ Modified the behavior of get_dup. When it returns an associative
+ array, the value is the count of the number of matching BTREE
+ values.
-1.65 6th March 1999
+1.02
- * Fixed a bug in the recno PUSH logic.
- * The BOOT version check now needs 2.3.4 when using Berkeley DB version 2
+ Merged OS/2 specific code into DB_File.xs
-1.66 15th March 1999
+ Removed some redundant code in DB_File.xs.
- * Added DBM Filter code
+ Documentation update.
-1.67 6th June 1999
+ Allow negative subscripts with RECNO interface.
- * Added DBM Filter documentation to DB_File.pm
+ Changed the default flags from O_RDWR to O_CREAT|O_RDWR.
- * Fixed DBM Filter code to work with 5.004
+ The example code which showed how to lock a database needed a call
+ to sync added. Without it the resultant database file was empty.
- * A few instances of newSVpvn were used in 1.66. This isn't available in
- Perl 5.004_04 or earlier. Replaced with newSVpv.
+ Added get_dup method.
-1.68 22nd July 1999
+1.01
- * Merged changes from 5.005_58
+ Fixed a core dump problem with SunOS.
- * Fixed a bug in R_IBEFORE & R_IAFTER procesing in Berkeley DB
- 2 databases.
+ The return value from TIEHASH wasn't set to NULL when dbopen
+ returned an error.
- * Added some of the examples in the POD into the test harness.
+1.0
-1.69 3rd August 1999
+ DB_File has been in use for over a year. To reflect that, the
+ version number has been incremented to 1.0.
- * fixed a bug in push -- DB_APPEND wasn't working properly.
+ Added complete support for multiple concurrent callbacks.
- * Fixed the R_SETCURSOR bug introduced in 1.68
+ Using the push method on an empty list didn't work properly. This
+ has been fixed.
- * Added a new Perl variable $DB_File::db_ver
-
-1.70 4th August 1999
+0.3
- * Initialise $DB_File::db_ver and $DB_File::db_version with
- GV_ADD|GV_ADDMULT -- bug spotted by Nick Ing-Simmons.
+ Added prototype support for multiple btree compare callbacks.
- * Added a BOOT check to test for equivalent versions of db.h &
- libdb.a/so.
+0.2
+
+ When DB_File is opening a database file it no longer terminates the
+ process if dbopen returned an error. This allows file protection
+ errors to be caught at run time. Thanks to Judith Grass
+ <grass@cybercash.com> for spotting the bug.
+
+0.1
+
+ First Release.