On 10 Mar 1999 michael@??? wrote:
> I just compiled exim with the latest libdb and there is a small
> change needed in dbfn.c:
>
> The function db->cursor now needs three arguments instead of two.
> The new third argument is called flags and the docs say (read
> http://abyssinian.sleepycat.com/db/docs/api_c/Db/cursor.html):
Thanks, but you are not the first to report this, and I have already
fixed the source of Exim to cope with both the old and the new styles.
This fix will be in the next release. I guess I might as well post the
small patch below.
--
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ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
*** exim-2.12/src/dbfn.h Mon Feb 8 10:48:24 1999
--- dbfn.h Tue Feb 23 09:35:46 1999
***************
*** 67,74 ****
--- 67,84 ----
#define EXIM_DBDEL(db, key) (db)->del(db, NULL, &key, 0)
/* EXIM_DBCREATE_CURSOR - initialize for scanning operation */
+
+ /* The API of this function was changed between releases 2.4.14 and 2.7.3. I do
+ not know exactly where the change happened, but the Change Log for 2.5.9 lists
+ the new option that is available, so I guess that it happened at 2.5.x. */
+
+ #if DB_VERSION_MINOR >= 5
#define EXIM_DBCREATE_CURSOR(db, cursor) \
+ (db)->cursor(db, NULL, cursor, 0)
+ #else
+ #define EXIM_DBCREATE_CURSOR(db, cursor) \
(db)->cursor(db, NULL, cursor)
+ #endif
/* EXIM_DBSCAN - returns TRUE if data is returned, FALSE at end */
#define EXIM_DBSCAN(db, key, data, first, cursor) \
--
*** Exim information can be found at
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