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Changes for version 1.74

  • 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.

Modules

Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x

Provides

in DB_File.pm
in DB_File.pm
in DB_File.pm