As the comment implies, I made it up. Obviously at some point a version of gdbm existed that needed the datum to be one bigger to hold the \0, I guess.
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Dan Kalowsky wrote: > We did a google search and found absolutely nothing with it mentioned. > Oddly enough, taking out the #if GDBM_FIX breaks the db functions on > FreeBSD > > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > Hrm.. I vaguely remember writing this code and dealing with this GDBM_FIX > > thing 5-6 years ago. If you look in php.h from PHP version 2 you will see > > this: > > > > /* > > * GDBM_FIX > > * > > * Some people have reported problems getting gdbm to work correctly. If > > * you are seeing a gdbm compatibility problem, try defining this and > > * let me know if it fixes your problem. If it does, please tell me > > * which version of gdbm you are using > > */ > > /* #define GDBM_FIX 1 */ > > > > Hopefully we can safely assume that nobody is using whatever ancient > > version of gdbm that may have had this problem. > > > > -Rasmus > > > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Dan Kalowsky wrote: > > > > > kalowsky Tue Aug 13 00:10:31 2002 EDT > > > > > > Modified files: > > > /php4/ext/db db.c > > > Log: > > > Fix for Bug #18746 by sfox and I > > > #What is the GDBM_FIX for anyways, we can find it anywhere? > > > > > > > > > Index: php4/ext/db/db.c > > > diff -u php4/ext/db/db.c:1.73 php4/ext/db/db.c:1.74 > > > --- php4/ext/db/db.c:1.73 Fri Jun 28 20:40:34 2002 > > > +++ php4/ext/db/db.c Tue Aug 13 00:10:31 2002 > > > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ > > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > */ > > > > > > -/* $Id: db.c,v 1.73 2002/06/29 00:40:34 sniper Exp $ */ > > > +/* $Id: db.c,v 1.74 2002/08/13 04:10:31 kalowsky Exp $ */ > > > #define IS_EXT_MODULE > > > > > > #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H > > > @@ -38,15 +38,11 @@ > > > #include <unistd.h> > > > #endif > > > > > > -#ifdef PHP_31 > > > -#include "os/nt/flock.h" > > > -#else > > > #ifdef PHP_WIN32 > > > #include "win32/flock.h" > > > #else > > > #include <sys/file.h> > > > #endif > > > -#endif > > > > > > #if HAVE_FCNTL_H > > > #include <fcntl.h> > > > @@ -630,7 +626,12 @@ > > > DBM_TYPE dbf; > > > > > > key_datum.dptr = key; > > > +#ifdef PHP_WIN32 > > > + key_datum.dsize = strlen(key+1); > > > +#else > > > key_datum.dsize = strlen(key); > > > +#endif > > > + > > > #if GDBM_FIX > > > key_datum.dsize++; > > > #endif > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP CVS Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------< > Dan Kalowsky "A little less conversation, > http://www.deadmime.org/~dank a little more action." > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "A Little Less Conversation", > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elvis Presley > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php