Nemo CDB - Changes
Changes of the second generation of CDB routines and library.
This software is not compatible with…
- CDBs created by Nemo CBD prior to version 3.0 or any version of DJB CDBs.
v3.3 - UNRELEASED
This release contains fixes. Particular emphasis is on cross platform compatibility.
| Version Notes |
| • Changed |
Refactored die_*() routines. |
| • Fixed |
Compilation of cdbmake.c. |
| • Fixed |
Build system. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJB Library v3.0 or later. |
| • Requires |
Nemo BufIO Library v3.0 or later. |
v3.2.2 - January 28, 2019
This release contains small changes.
| Version Notes |
| • Changed |
Renamed conf-home to conf-prefix. |
| • Changed |
cdbdump - code optimisation. |
| • Changed |
cdb_findnext() - code optimisation. |
| • Changed |
Removed executable bit from all files. |
| • Changed |
Minor changes to build system. |
| • Fixed |
cdbmake.sv - change name of substitution variable. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJB Library v2.12 or later. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJBIO Library v2.2.4 or later. |
v3.2.1 - December 28, 2017
This release contains small changes.
v3.2 - August 18, 2017
This release contains new features, optimisations and fixes. Particular emphasis has been on cross platform compatibility.
Tested on Linux raspberrypi 4.9.35-v7+ #1014 SMP, armv7l GNU/Linux - Raspbian with Desktop, 32 bit platform.
| Version Notes |
| • Changed |
conf-cc - expand examples. |
| • New |
cdb_open() - convenience wrapper. |
| • New |
cdb_close() - convenience wrapper. |
| • Fixed |
st.st_size <= 0xffffffff to st.st_size <= (signed)0xffffffff. |
| • Fixed |
cdb_*.c - reorganised includes. |
| • Fixed |
cdb_read() - cast seek_set() offset to off_t. |
| • Fixed |
cdb_make_start() - cast seek_set() offset to off_t. |
| • Fixed |
cdb_*.c - changed source formatting to over come -Werror=misleading-indentation compile warnings in gcc 6.3.x |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJBIO Library v2.2.2 or later. |
v3.1 - February 12, 2017
| Version Notes |
| • API change |
cdb_seek() and cdb_bread() - removed old style interface routines. |
| • Changed |
cdbdump(1) - formatting changes |
| • Changed |
Accommodate changes in Nemo DJBIO Library v2.2.1. |
| • Changed |
print-docman.sh and print-mancat.sh - removed second parameter, output now to stdout. |
| • Changed |
print-docman.sh - renamed to print-sedit.sh. |
| • Changed |
Minor changes to build system. |
| • Removed |
FILES - unused and high maintenance. |
| • Removed |
trycpp.c |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJB Library v2.7 or later. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJBIO Library v2.2.1 or later. |
v3.0.3 - June 20, 2016
| Version Notes |
| • Changed |
conf-cc - add comment about building on gcc+glibc platform. |
| • Fixed |
Minor changes to build system. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJB Library v2.5.2 or later. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJBIO Library v2.1.5 or later. |
| • Removed |
choose.sh |
v3.0.1 - December 2, 2015
| Version Notes |
| • Changed |
cdb_seek.c - replaced lseek() routines with seek_set(), minor code optimisations. |
| • Changed |
Accommodate changes in Nemo DJB Library v2.5. |
| • Fixed |
cdb_seek.c - compiler error, missing #include declaration. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJB Library v2.5 or later. |
v3.0 - September 18, 2015
v2.1.1 - July 31, 2015
| Version Notes |
| • Changed |
Accommodate changes in Nemo DJB Library v2.2.4. |
| • Changed |
Manual pages - incorporate first line of file 'VERSION' into footer. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJB Library v2.2.4 or later. |
v2.1 - June 29, 2015
| Version Notes |
| • New |
cdbmake-12(1) - manual page. |
| • API change |
cdb_read() - function now refers to void *, formerly char *. |
| • API change |
cdb_hash() - function now refers to const void *, formerly const char *. |
| • API change |
cdb_find() - function now refers to const void *, formerly const char *. |
| • API change |
cdb_findnext() - function now refers to const void *, formerly const char *. |
| • API change |
cdb_unpack() - function now refers to const void *, formerly const char *. |
| • API change |
struct cdb_make - member data items changed from char to byte_t. |
| • API change |
cdb_make_add() - function now refers to const void *, formerly const char *. |
| • API change |
cdb_datapos() - Converted to inline function. Changed parameter to a const. |
| • API change |
cdb_datalen() - Converted to inline function. Changed parameter to a const. |
| • API change |
cdb_make_add() - Changed 4th parameter to a const. |
| • Changed |
Makefile - implemented c-auto-define to create __UNUSED__ macro. |
| • Changed |
Various minor code optimisations. |
| • Fixed |
Accommodate API changes in Nemo DJB Library v2.1. |
| • Fixed |
Accommodate API changes in Nemo DJBIO Library v2.1. |
| • Fixed |
Stricter compiler error reporting. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJB Library v2.1 or later. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJBIO Library v2.1 or later. |
v2.0.2 - April 1, 2015
| Version Notes |
| • New |
cdbdump(1) - manual page. |
| • New |
cdbget(1) - manual page. |
| • New |
cdbmake(1) - manual page. |
| • New |
cdbstats(1) - manual page. |
| • New |
cdbtest(1) - manual page. |
v2.0.1 - January 25, 2015
| Version Notes |
| • New |
MAP_FAILED constant for detection of failed mmap(3) calls. |
| • Changed |
Minor changes to build process. |
| • Changed |
Minor formatting changes to manual pages. |
| • Removed |
"systype" processing. |
v2.0 - January 22, 2015 - Major Changes from Original Distribution
General:
| Version Notes |
| • New |
Manual pages created for existing routines. |
| • New |
Makefile target: "clean". |
| • New |
To avoid name clashes with header files, the header files are installed in a subdirectory "nemo" (in the includes directory). |
| • API change |
Changed many signed return values into unsigned return values. |
| • Changed |
Build/installation framework provided by Nemo DJB Library (nemo-libdjb). |
| • Changed |
Many routines replaced by those found in Nemo DJB Library (nemo-libdjb). |
| • Changed |
Routines that used the 1st generation of buffered I/O are now using Nemo DJBIO Library (nemo-libcdb) based buffered I/O. |
| • Changed |
Converted K&R prototypes to ANSI. |
| • Changed |
All manual pages have been converted to mdoc(7) format. |
| • Changed |
Additional annotations/comments - some source code files. |
| • Changed |
Using some of the standard integer types in the POSIX standard. |
| • Changed |
Changed many signed integers into unsigned integers. |
| • Changed |
All public header files are compatible with C++ development environments. |
| • Changed |
Source code formatting is now "Compact Control Readability Style" - variant of K&R, similar to the Stroustrup variant.
One exception: single line conditional returns are on same line as the conditional.
Long lines are rarely wrapped.
Indent size is two spaces. |
| • Fixed |
Resolved all compile errors and warnings from the GNU C compiler (-W -Wall -Werror). |
| • Fixed |
Implemented errno fix - patched source code to use #include <errno.h> |
| • Fixed |
In scripts and the Makefile, all references to "head -1" have been changed to "head -n 1". |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJB Library v2.0 or later. |
| • Requires |
Nemo DJBIO Library v2.0 or later. |
Libraries:
| Version Notes |
| • New |
libcdb.a - the main library. |
|