Guile-GDBM 1.2.0 available

Guile-GDBM 1.2.0 available

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

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release notes:

  Most changes from GDBM 1.10 to 1.19 are now included.
  Explicitly not included are dump/load (export/import) procs.
  There are command-line tools for that, probably.

  Somewhat ironically, the new stuff has a lot to do w/
  error handling, yet there are no new tests for Guile-GDBM.
  That's what that big ".0" is for -- a warning to the wise!

README excerpt:

  Guile-GDBM is a Guile module that provides Scheme bindings to the
  GNU dbm library.  It was originally written by Martin Grabmüller
  and is now released under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
  version 3.

NEWS for 1.2.0 (2022-02-09):

  - distribution now .tar.lz

    If you have GNU tar, you can use "tar xf" and it will DTRT.
    If not, you can use "lzip -dc TARBALL | tar xf -" to unpack it.

  - configure script takes ‘--with-gdbm=PFX’

    If this option is used, the configure script expects to find
    gdbm.h in PFX/include and libgdbm in PFX/lib.

  - meaningful return value

    These procs now return ‘#t’ on success:

     gdbm-store!
     gdbm-delete!
     gdbm-reorganize!
     gdbm-setopt!

    (Their return value used to be unspecified.)

    These procs likewise return ‘#t’ on success, if the GDBM version
    supports it in the underlying C function:

     gdbm-sync!
     gdbm-close!

  - new procs

    - gdbm-errsym

      This returns a symbol representing the underlying GDBM C value
      ‘gdbm_errno’.

    - gdbm-strerror

      This returns the string associated w/ its arg, an error symbol,
      or ‘#f’ if that symbol is not recognized.

    - happy-to-throw

      This examines and controls the "happy to throw" bit.  See manual.

  - documentation improvements

    - exception throwing mentioned

      These procs are now documented to throw exception on error:

       gdbm-open!
       gdbm-setopt!
       gdbm-getopt

  - Guile auto-compilation suppressed

    The shell var ‘GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE’ is set to "0" and exported to
    the environment in both the configure script and the test runner
    script.  This suppresses automatic .scm -> .go compilation for
    those steps.  During "make" you still need to do this yourself.

  - new functionality from GNU dbm 1.13 (2017-03-11)

    - new ‘gdbm-getopt’ option: blocksize

      This returns the block size used for transfer between memory and
      the database file on disk.

    - new ‘gdbm-open’ flag: bsexact

      This flag causes ‘gdbm-open’ to fail if the requested block size
      cannot be used without adjustment.  It is not useful at present
      since Guile-GDBM uses the "system block size" unconditionally
      (there is no way to request a different value).

      If you really do need to specify a block size, please file a bug
      report and we'll work things out in a future Guile-GDBM release.

    - new proc: gdbm-recover

      Due to the nature of this proc's operating context, it is not
      currently tested during the "make check" step.  Experience
      reports welcome (as are workable tips on how to test it!).
      See manual.

    - new proc: gdbm-last-errsym

      Like ‘gdbm-errsym’, on a per-db basis.

    - new proc: gdbm-last-syserr

      Return the ‘errno’ (if any) associated w/ the last per-db error.

    - new proc: gdbm-check-syserr

      Return ‘#t’ if the system ‘errno’ should be checked to get more
      info on the given error code (a symbol).

    - new proc: gdbm-clear-error

      Clear the per-db error state.

    - new proc: gdbm-db-strerror

      Like ‘gdbm-strerror’, but specific to a db.  Sometimes more
      informative, too.

    - new proc: gdbm-needs-recovery?

      Return ‘#t’ if the db is in an inconsistent state and needs to be
      recovered (with ‘gdbm-recover’).

    - new proc: gdbm-copy-meta

      Copy file ownership and mode information from ‘src’ db handle to
      ‘dst’ db handle.  Both must be open.

  - new proc: gdbm-count

    This was introduced in GNU dbm 1.11 (2013-12-25).  If you're
    running a version older than that, ‘gdbm-count’ returns ‘#f’.

  - bootstrap/maintenance tools

    upgraded:

     GNU gnulib 2022-01-27 07:00:41

    as before:

     Guile-BAUX 20211208.0839.a5245e7
     GNU Autoconf 2.71
     GNU Automake 1.16.5
     GNU texinfo 6.8

source code in dir:

  https://www.gnuvola.org/software/guile-gdbm/

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