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GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2011-07-27
Copyright (C) 1990-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of file for copying conditions.

Please send mailutils bug reports to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>.

Version 1.9

* Use mmap if available.
* A testsuite is provided.
* Improve documentation.

Version 1.8.3

* Various configure related changes and additional updates.

Version 1.8.2

* Allow `NEWDB'-opened databases to actually, well, store records.

Version 1.8.1

* Lots of bug fixes, including a data corruption bug.
* Updated to current autoconf and libtool.
* Moved the dbm/ndbm compatibility routines to libgdbm_compat.

Version 1.8

* Added GDBM_CENTFREE functionality and option.
* Added GDBM_COALESCEBLKS functionality and option.
* Added GDBM_NOLOCK flag.
* Made ``fast'' mode the default, making GDBM_FAST obsolete, and adding
  the GDBM_SYNC flag and GDBM_SYNCMODE option.
* Switched to building with libtool.

Version 1.7.3

* Fixed a couple of last minute problems.

Namely, no autoconf.h in version.c, and no GDBM_FASTMODE in gdbm.h!

* Fixed some documentation bugs.

Version 1.7.2

* Enhanced portability and compile/installation changes.
* Additional, "fast mode" related gdbm_setopt() option.
* Growth problems bug fix.

Version 1.7.1

* Enhanced portabilty and compile/installation bug fixes.
* Switched over to using an auto config header.
* Slight documentation upgrade.

Version 1.7

* A new dynamic, delayed initialization, bucket cache.
* New gdbm_setopt(), gdbm_exists(), and gdbm_strerror() routines.
* Slightly improved dbm/ndbm compatibility.
* Greatly improved portability to 64 or 16 bit machines.
* Various bug fixes.

Version 1.6

* New documentation in both man and texinfo formats.
* Bug fixes.
* A New "writers" mode that does not fsync the database.
* Uses Autoconf now.

Version 1.5

* Minor bug fixes.  See the ChangeLog.
* Added gdbmconst.h to allow users to change the size of the
* bucket cache in the systems.h file.

Version 1.4

* Mainly bug fixes
* A define for "dbmclose()" was added to dbm.h for those few 
  implementaions that need that call.
* For details, see the ChangeLog.

Version 1.0

* Makefiles were combined into one and a few new things added to it.
* Several minor bugs were fixed including a cache bug.
* Two new calls (dbm_pagfno, dbm_dirfno) were added to the NDBM interface.
* A conversion program from dbm files to gdbm files was added.
* Reorganize was changed to allow complex file names. (dir/file form)
* testgdbm, testndbm, and testdbm were modified to return key and data
  pairs where needed and to take an optional file name as an argument.
  testgdbm had some command characters changed.
* The DBM and NDBM interfaces were separated.
* An include file for dbm users was added. (dbm.h)
* The include file for ndbm users was renamed ndbm.h. (It was gndbm.h.)

Version 0.9

* The hash function changed.
* The file format changed.
* There was a complete rewrite of falloc.c.
* There were added compatiblity routines for ndbm.
* The file names for dbm compatibility routines were made to look like dbm.
* Test programs changed.
* Support for System V.
* Various other small changes.
* The need for recovery and associated code was removed.


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