From 82fe16f532fdd46744c51ba931ecd3fee2b10365 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sergey Poznyakoff Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 14:34:45 +0000 Subject: Version 1.11 --- NEWS | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b81ca6f..5b89eaf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,13 +1,21 @@ -GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2013-05-21 +GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2013-12-25 Copyright (C) 1990-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of file for copying conditions. Please send gdbm bug reports to . -Version 1.10.90 (Git) +Version 1.11, 2013-12-25 * Improved dump format. +A new dump format is implemented, which encodes all data in base64 and +stores not only key/data pairs, but also the original database file +metadata, such as file name, mode and ownership. Files in this format +can be sent without additional encapsulation over transmission +channels that normally allow only ASCII data. Dumps in this format +allow for restoring an exact copy of the database, including file +ownership and privileges. + * New function: gdbm_count int gdbm_count (GDBM_FILE *file, gdbm_count *count); @@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ Gdbm_dump create a plain-text dump of the GDBM database. This dump can be used to create an exact copy of the database afterward. The gdbm_load performs the reverse: given the dump file, it creates a -GDBM database. Apart from the GDBM dump format, it also understands +GDBM database. Apart from native GDBM dump formats, it also understands the format generated by Berkeley DB db_dump utility. Thus, an easy way to convert a Berkeley DB database to GDBM is: -- cgit v1.2.1