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diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in index 8786c4d64f..393a12073d 100644 --- a/FAQ.in +++ b/FAQ.in @@ -1207,16 +1207,10 @@ completely. the Perl db modules the testsuite is not passed. This did not happen with db-1, gdbm, or ndbm. -{UD} You are using an outdated copy of the DB_File Perl module. In fact db-2 -finally removed the handling of zero-sized keys which was one of the features -tested by the old Perl testsuite and therefore you see an error. But this -never was documented and guaranteed, only broken programs used this feature. - -Consequently db-2 does not need to support this feature and instead signals -an error which leads to easier debugging. The DB_File module maintainer -Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> acknowledged this change and fixed -the testsuite so that if you use DB_File v1.60 or later you should not have -any more problems with db-2. +{MK} Db-2 does not support zero-sized keys. The Perl testsuite +tests the support for zero-sized keys and therefore fails when db-2 is +used. The Perl folks are looking for a solution, but thus far have +not found a satisfactory one. ?? The pow() inline function I get when including <math.h> is broken. I get segmentation faults when I run the program. |