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diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in index 4f65022b0c..c4bafc0c55 100644 --- a/FAQ.in +++ b/FAQ.in @@ -997,6 +997,21 @@ e.g. __ivaliduser). If a program uses these interfaces, it's broken. These internal interfaces might change between glibc releases or dropped completely. +?? When using the db-2 library which comes with glibc is used in + 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 + +{UD} You are using an outdated copy of the DB_File Perl module.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. + ? Miscellaneous |