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authorSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>2018-05-19 22:59:10 +0300
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>2018-05-19 22:59:10 +0300
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Remove gdbm-1.8.3 compatibility layer
* configure.ac: Remove gdbm-1.8.3 compatibility layer. Version 1.14.90 * Makefile.am (ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS): Remove deprecated variable. (MAYBE_EXPORT): Remove variable and conditional. * NEWS: Update. * NOTE-WARNING: Update. * README: Update. * doc/gdbm.texi: Update. * export/.gitignore: Remove. * export/Makefile.am: Remove. * export/export.c: Remove.
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@@ -7,28 +7,17 @@ system architectures, or potentially even different compilers. Differences
in byte order, the size of file offsets, and even structure packing make
gdbm files non-portable.
-Gdbm version 1.9 includes `large file' support, enabling it on operating
-systems where it is not the default. `Large file' support is essentially
-when a system uses 64bit file offsets. Gdbm has, of course, supported `large
-files' on systems where it was the default for a very long time.
-
-On some systems, such as Solaris, this functionality is not enabled by
-default. Gdbm will now enable it. THIS MEANS THAT GDBM 1.9 MAY NOT BE
-ABLE TO ACCESS DATABASES CREATED BY PREVIOUS VERIONS ON THE SAME SYSTEM.
-
-Running the `configure' script with the `--disable-largefile' flag should
-produce a backwards-compatible build on such a system. However, for maximum
-compatibility, and increased functionality, you may want to have your
-application produce a portable copy of your database with the 1.8.3 version
-of the library, and then load it back into version 1.9.
-
-Gdbm 1.9 contains a utility designed to help you produce such a portable
-copy: gdbmexport. To build it, configure the package with the
---enable-gdbm-export option. For the information on how to use this
-utility, refer to the documentation, chapter 17 "Export a database into
-a portable format." (run `info gdbm gdbmexport' to access it, once
-gdbm 1.9 has been installed, or `info -f doc/gdbm.info gdbmexport' to
-access the shipped info file).
-
+Therefore, if you intend to send your database to somebody over the wire,
+please dump it into a portable format using gdbm_dump and send the resulting
+file instead. The receiving party will be able to recreate the database from
+the dump using the gdbm_load command.
+
+Please refer to the documentation, chapters 22 and 23, for a detailed
+discussion of these two tools. Run `info gdbm gdbm_dump', if gdbm is
+already installed on your system, or `info -f doc/gdbm.info gdbm_dump'
+to read the docs from the source tree.
+
+The documentation is also available online at
+http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/manual.

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