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-rw-r--r--NOTE-WARNING16
-rw-r--r--README2
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f8ca701..7c87010 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2011-08-09
+GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2011-08-11
Copyright (C) 1990-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of file for copying conditions.
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ if dir is linked to pag, and if so breaks the link and creates
a new dir file. When such a database is opened in a read-only
mode, GDBM does not attempt to alter the link.
+* gdbm_setopt
+
+New options are implemented for use with gdbm_setopt function.
+In particular, a set of options is provided for retrieving various
+database parameters, such as the file name, memory mapping status,
+etc.
+
* The testgdbm program is installed
Testgdbm is an interactive tool for manipulating GDBM database files.
diff --git a/NOTE-WARNING b/NOTE-WARNING
index 9600df8..6b1c197 100644
--- a/NOTE-WARNING
+++ b/NOTE-WARNING
@@ -7,18 +7,28 @@ 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 1.9.0 includes `large file' support, enabling it on operating
+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 1.9.0 MAY NOT BE
+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 1.9.0.
+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).
+
+
diff --git a/README b/README
index f106aba..0844c87 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ UNIX-like dbm and ndbm interfaces.
** --enable-gdbm-export
-Build and install gdbmexport with specified gdbm 1.8 library.
+Build and install gdbmexport with the specified gdbm 1.8 library.
** --with-gdbm183-library=LIB

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