> 1. Keith, please make this "complain on empty pre-created .db file" > _optional_. You can still make the default to complain, but please > provide at least an option to force DB to overwrite zero-size .db > files. This way the transition/patching of existing applications get > easier and you still support the fiddling with .db files if really > wished by the application.
Thank you for your comments. Our plan is to try and put this semantic back in place, based on the DB_FCNTL_LOCKING flag to the Db.open method (which the Postfix and Sendmail applications already specify). Assuming that we can return this semantic, we will then release a patch for 4.1.24 with that change. We expect to release 4.1.25 (which will simply be 4.1.24 with a complete set of patches already applied), in December. Regards, --keith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Keith Bostic Sleepycat Software Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 118 Tower Rd. +1-781-259-3139 Lincoln, MA 01773 http://www.sleepycat.com ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org Developer Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
