1<!--"$Id: 2.3.5.html,v 1.4 2007/05/17 18:17:18 bostic Exp $ (Sleepycat) $Date: 2007/05/17 18:17:18 $"--> 2<html> 3<head> 4<title>The Berkeley DB Package: Interface Changes introduced in DB 2.3.5</title> 5<meta name="description" content="DB: A database programmatic toolkit."> 6<meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,b+tree,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods"> 7</head> 8<body bgcolor=white> 9 10<h3 align=center>Interface Changes introduced in DB 2.3.5:</h3> 11 12<ol> 13 14<li> 15It has come to our attention that there are versions of the native Solaris 16compiler that order bit fields inside of structures differently than other 17compilers, for example, gcc. 18Some of the on-page B+tree structures contained bit fields, which meant that 19databases built using these compilers were incompatible with databases built 20on other architectures, for example, a Solaris database could not be 21read on an x86 architecture which used gcc as its compiler. The DB 222.3.5 release fixes this problem. 23<p> 24<font color=red> 25Unfortunately, depending on the Solaris compiler used, the change may cause 26DB version 2.3.5 on Solaris to be unable to read databases written by earlier 27versions of DB. 28</font> 29If you have a support contract with Sleepycat Software, please contact 30us for further information and assistance in migrating databases from 31previous releases of DB to this release. 32 33</ol> 34 35</body> 36</html> 37