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2
31.817 27 March 2008
4
5   * Updated dbinfo
6
7   * Applied core patch 32299 - Re-apply change #30562
8
9   * Applied core patch 32208
10
11   * Applied core patch 32884 - use MM->parse_version() in Makefile.PL
12
13   * Applied core patch 32883 -  Silence new warning grep in void context warning
14
15   * Applied core patch 32704 to remove use of PL_na in typemap
16
17   * Applied core patch 30562 to fix a build issue on OSF
18
191.816 28 October 2007
20
21   * Clarified the warning about building with a different version of
22     Berkeley DB that is used at runtime.
23
24   * Also made the boot version check less strict.
25     [rt.cpan.org #30013]
26
271.815 4 February 2007
28
29   * A few casting cleanups for building with C++ from Steve Peters.
30
31   * Fixed problem with recno which happened if you changed directory after
32     opening the database. Problem reported by Andrew Pam.
33
34
351.814 11 November 2005
36
37   * Fix from Dominic Dunlop to tidy up an OS-X specific warning in
38     db-btree.t.
39
40   * Silenced a warning about $DB_File::Error only being used once.
41     Issue spotted by Dominic Dunlop.
42
431.813 31st October 2005
44
45   * Updates for Berkeley DB 4.4
46
471.812 9th October 2005
48
49   * Added libscan to Makefile.PL
50
51   * Fixed test failing under windows
52
531.811 12th March 2005
54
55   * Fixed DBM filter bug in seq
56
571.810 7th August 2004
58
59   * Fixed db-hash.t for Cygwin
60
61   * Added substr tests to db-hast.t
62
63   * Documented AIX build problem in README.
64
651.809 20th June 2004
66
67   * Merged core patch 22258
68
69   * Merged core patch 22741
70
71   * Fixed core bug 30237. 
72     Using substr to pass parameters to the low-level Berkeley DB interface
73     causes problems with Perl 5.8.1 or better.
74     typemap fix supplied by Marcus Holland-Moritz.
75
761.808 22nd December 2003
77
78   * Added extra DBM Filter tests.
79
80   * Fixed a memory leak in ParseOpenInfo, which whould occur if the
81     opening of the database failed. Leak spotted by Adrian Enache.
82
831.807 1st November 2003
84
85   * Fixed minor typos on pod documetation - reported by Jeremy Mates &
86     Mark Jason Dominus.
87
88   * dbinfo updated to report when a database is encrypted.
89
901.806 22nd October 2002
91
92   * Fixed problem when trying to build with a multi-threaded perl.
93
94   * Tidied up the recursion detetion code.
95
96   * merged core patch 17844 - missing dTHX declarations.
97
98   * merged core patch 17838 
99
1001.805 1st September 2002
101
102   * Added support to allow DB_File to build with Berkeley DB 4.1.X
103
104   * Tightened up the test harness to test that calls to untie don't generate
105     the "untie attempted while %d inner references still exist" warning.
106
107   * added code to guard against calling the callbacks (compare,hash & prefix) 
108     recursively.
109
110   * pasing undef for the flags and/or mode when opening a database could cause
111     a "Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry" warning. Now silenced.
112
113   * DBM filter code beefed up to cope with read-only $_.
114
1151.804 2nd June 2002
116
117   * Perl core patch 14939 added a new warning to "splice". This broke the
118     db-recno test harness. Fixed.
119
120   * merged core patches 16502 & 16540.
121
1221.803 1st March 2002
123
124   * Fixed a problem with db-btree.t where it complained about an "our"
125     variable redeclaation.
126
127   * FETCH, STORE & DELETE don't map the flags parameter into the
128     equivalent Berkeley DB function anymore.
129
1301.802 6th January 2002
131
132   * The message about some test failing in db-recno.t had the wrong test
133     numbers. Fixed.
134
135   * merged core patch 13942.
136
1371.801 26th November 2001
138
139   * Fixed typo in Makefile.PL
140
141   * Added "clean" attribute to Makefile.PL
142 
1431.800 23rd November 2001
144
145   * use pport.h for perl backward compatability code.
146
147   * use new  ExtUtils::Constant module to generate XS constants.
148
149   * upgrade Makefile.PL upgrade/downgrade code to toggle "our" with
150     "use vars"
151
1521.79 22nd October 2001
153
154   * Added a "local $SIG{__DIE__}" inside the eval that checks for
155     the presence of XSLoader s suggested by Andrew Hryckowin.
156
157   * merged core patch 12277.
158
159   * Changed NEXTKEY to not initialise the input key. It isn't used anyway.
160
1611.79 22nd October 2001
162
163   * Fixed test harness for cygwin
164
1651.78 30th July 2001
166
167   * the test in Makefile.PL for AIX used -plthreads. Should have been
168     -lpthreads
169
170   * merged Core patches 
171        10372, 10335, 10372, 10534, 10549, 10643, 11051, 11194, 11432
172
173   * added documentation patch regarding duplicate keys from Andrew Johnson
174
175
1761.77 26th April 2001
177
178   * AIX is reported to need -lpthreads, so Makefile.PL now checks for
179     AIX and adds it to the link options.
180
181   * Minor documentation updates.
182
183   * Merged Core patch 9176
184
185   * Added a patch from Edward Avis that adds support for splice with
186     recno databases.
187
188   * Modified Makefile.PL to only enable the warnings pragma if using perl
189     5.6.1 or better.    
190
1911.76 15th January 2001
192
193   * Added instructions for using LD_PRELOAD to get Berkeley DB 2.x to work
194     with DB_File on Linux. Thanks to Norbert Bollow for sending details of
195     this approach.
196
197
1981.75 17th December 2000
199
200   * Fixed perl core patch 7703
201
202   * Added suppport to allow DB_File to be built with Berkeley DB 3.2 --
203     btree_compare, btree_prefix and hash_cb needed to be changed.
204
205   * Updated dbinfo to support Berkeley DB 3.2 file format changes.
206
207
2081.74 10th December 2000
209
210   * A "close" call in DB_File.xs needed parenthesised to stop win32 from
211     thinking it was one of its macros.
212
213   * Updated dbinfo to support Berkeley DB 3.1 file format changes.
214
215   * DB_File.pm & the test hasness now use the warnings pragma (when
216     available).
217
218   * Included Perl core patch 7703 -- size argument for hash_cb is different
219     for Berkeley DB 3.x
220
221   * Included Perl core patch 7801 -- Give __getBerkeleyDBInfo the ANSI C
222     treatment.
223
224   * @a = () produced the warning 'Argument "" isn't numeric in entersub'
225     This has been fixed. Thanks to Edward Avis for spotting this bug.
226
227   * Added note about building under Linux. Included patches.
228
229   * Included Perl core patch 8068 -- fix for bug 20001013.009 
230     When run with warnings enabled "$hash{XX} = undef " produced an
231     "Uninitialized value" warning. This has been fixed.
232
2331.73 31st May 2000
234
235   * Added support in version.c for building with threaded Perl.
236
237   * Berkeley DB 3.1 has reenabled support for null keys. The test
238     harness has been updated to reflect this.
239
2401.72 16th January 2000
241
242   * Added hints/sco.pl
243
244   * The module will now use XSLoader when it is available. When it
245     isn't it will use DynaLoader.
246
247   * The locking section in DB_File.pm has been discredited. Many thanks
248     to David Harris for spotting the underlying problem, contributing
249     the updates to the documentation and writing DB_File::Lock (available
250     on CPAN).
251
2521.71 7th September 1999
253
254   * Fixed a bug that prevented 1.70 from compiling under win32
255
256   * Updated to support Berkeley DB 3.x
257
258   * Updated dbinfo for Berkeley DB 3.x file formats.
259
2601.70 4th August 1999
261
262   * Initialise $DB_File::db_ver and $DB_File::db_version with
263     GV_ADD|GV_ADDMULT -- bug spotted by Nick Ing-Simmons.
264
265   * Added a BOOT check to test for equivalent versions of db.h &
266     libdb.a/so.
267
2681.69 3rd August 1999
269
270   * fixed a bug in push -- DB_APPEND wasn't working properly.
271
272   * Fixed the R_SETCURSOR bug introduced in 1.68
273
274   * Added a new Perl variable $DB_File::db_ver
275   
2761.68 22nd July 1999
277
278   * Merged changes from 5.005_58 
279
280   * Fixed a bug in R_IBEFORE & R_IAFTER procesing in Berkeley DB
281     2 databases.
282
283   * Added some of the examples in the POD into the test harness.
284
2851.67 6th June 1999
286
287   * Added DBM Filter documentation to DB_File.pm
288
289   * Fixed DBM Filter code to work with 5.004
290
291   * A few instances of newSVpvn were used in 1.66. This isn't available in
292     Perl 5.004_04 or earlier. Replaced with newSVpv.
293
2941.66 15th March 1999
295
296   * Added DBM Filter code
297
2981.65 6th March 1999
299
300   * Fixed a bug in the recno PUSH logic.
301   * The BOOT version check now needs 2.3.4 when using Berkeley DB version 2
302
3031.64 21st February 1999
304
305   * Tidied the 1.x to 2.x flag mapping code.
306   * Added a patch from Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> to fix a flag
307     mapping problem with O_RDONLY on the Hurd
308   * Updated the message that db-recno.t prints when tests 51, 53 or 55 fail.
309
3101.63 19th December 1998
311
312   * Fix to allow DB 2.6.x to build with DB_File
313   * Documentation updated to use push,pop etc in the RECNO example &
314     to include the find_dup & del_dup methods.
315
3161.62 30th November 1998
317
318   Added hints/dynixptx.pl.
319   Fixed typemap -- 1.61 used PL_na instead of na
320
3211.61 19th November 1998
322
323   Added a note to README about how to build Berkeley DB 2.x when
324   using HP-UX.
325   Minor modifications to get the module to build with DB 2.5.x
326   Fixed a typo in the definition of O_RDONLY, courtesy of Mark Kettenis.
327
3281.60
329   Changed the test to check for full tied array support
330
3311.59
332   Updated the license section.
333
334   Berkeley DB 2.4.10 disallows zero length keys. Tests 32 & 42 in
335   db-btree.t and test 27 in db-hash.t failed because of this change.
336   Those tests have been zapped.
337
338   Added dbinfo to the distribution.
339
3401.58
341   Tied Array support was enhanced in Perl 5.004_57. DB_File now
342   supports PUSH,POP,SHIFT,UNSHIFT & STORESIZE.
343
344   Fixed a problem with the use of sv_setpvn. When the size is
345   specified as 0, it does a strlen on the data.  This was ok for DB
346   1.x, but isn't for DB 2.x.
347
3481.57
349   If Perl has been compiled with Threads support,the symbol op will be
350   defined. This clashes with a field name in db.h, so it needs to be
351   #undef'ed before db.h is included.
352
3531.56
354   Documented the Solaris 2.5 mutex bug
355
3561.55
357   Merged 1.16 changes.
358
3591.54
360
361   Fixed a small bug in the test harness when run under win32
362   The emulation of fd when useing DB 2.x was busted.
363
3641.53
365
366   Added DB_RENUMBER to flags for recno.
367
3681.52
369
370   Patch from Nick Ing-Simmons now allows DB_File to build on NT.
371   Merged 1.15 patch.
372
3731.51
374
375    Fixed the test harness so that it doesn't expect DB_File to have
376    been installed by the main Perl build.
377
378
379    Fixed a bug in mapping 1.x O_RDONLY flag to 2.x DB_RDONLY equivalent
380
3811.50
382
383    DB_File can now build with either DB 1.x or 2.x, but not both at
384    the same time.
385
3861.16
387
388   A harmless looking tab was causing Makefile.PL to fail on AIX 3.2.5
389
390    Small fix for the AIX strict C compiler XLC which doesn't like
391    __attribute__ being defined via proto.h and redefined via db.h. Fix
392    courtesy of Jarkko Hietaniemi.
393
3941.15
395
396    Patch from Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> to suppress "use of undefined
397    value" warning with db_get and db_seq.
398
399    Patch from Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> to make DB_File export only the
400    O_* constants from Fcntl.
401
402    Removed the DESTROY method from the DB_File::HASHINFO module.
403
404    Previously DB_File hard-wired the class name of any object that it
405    created to "DB_File". This makes sub-classing difficult. Now
406    DB_File creats objects in the namespace of the package it has been
407    inherited into.
408
409
4101.14
411
412    Made it illegal to tie an associative array to a RECNO database and
413    an ordinary array to a HASH or BTREE database.
414
4151.13
416
417    Minor changes to DB_FIle.xs and DB_File.pm
418
4191.12
420
421    Documented the incompatibility with version 2 of Berkeley DB.
422
4231.11
424
425    Documented the untie gotcha.
426
4271.10
428
429    Fixed fd method so that it still returns -1 for in-memory files
430    when db 1.86 is used.
431
4321.09
433
434    Minor bug fix in DB_File::HASHINFO, DB_File::RECNOINFO and
435    DB_File::BTREEINFO.
436
437    Changed default mode to 0666.
438
4391.08
440
441    Documented operation of bval.
442
4431.07
444
445    Fixed bug with RECNO, where bval wasn't defaulting to "\n".
446
4471.06
448
449    Minor namespace cleanup: Localized PrintBtree.
450
4511.05
452
453    Made all scripts in the documentation strict and -w clean.
454
455    Added logic to DB_File.xs to allow the module to be built after
456    Perl is installed.
457
4581.04
459
460    Minor documentation changes.
461
462    Fixed a bug in hash_cb. Patches supplied by Dave Hammen,
463    <hammen@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.govt>.
464
465    Fixed a bug with the constructors for DB_File::HASHINFO,
466    DB_File::BTREEINFO and DB_File::RECNOINFO. Also tidied up the
467    constructors to make them -w clean.
468
469    Reworked part of the test harness to be more locale friendly.
470
4711.03
472
473    Documentation update.
474
475    DB_File now imports the constants (O_RDWR, O_CREAT etc.) from Fcntl
476    automatically.
477
478    The standard hash function exists is now supported.
479
480    Modified the behavior of get_dup. When it returns an associative
481    array, the value is the count of the number of matching BTREE
482    values.
483
4841.02
485
486    Merged OS/2 specific code into DB_File.xs
487
488    Removed some redundant code in DB_File.xs.
489
490    Documentation update.
491
492    Allow negative subscripts with RECNO interface.
493
494    Changed the default flags from O_RDWR to O_CREAT|O_RDWR.
495
496    The example code which showed how to lock a database needed a call
497    to sync added. Without it the resultant database file was empty.
498
499    Added get_dup method.
500
5011.01
502
503    Fixed a core dump problem with SunOS.
504
505    The return value from TIEHASH wasn't set to NULL when dbopen
506    returned an error.
507
5081.0
509
510    DB_File has been in use for over a year. To reflect that, the
511    version number has been incremented to 1.0.
512
513    Added complete support for multiple concurrent callbacks.
514
515    Using the push method on an empty list didn't work properly. This
516    has been fixed.
517
5180.3
519
520    Added prototype support for multiple btree compare callbacks.
521
5220.2
523
524    When DB_File is opening a database file it no longer terminates the
525    process if dbopen returned an error. This allows file protection
526    errors to be caught at run time. Thanks to Judith Grass
527    <grass@cybercash.com> for spotting the bug.
528
5290.1
530
531    First Release.
532
533