Applied to 21.1. This will be in 21.1.13. - vin Martin> Vin: Recommended for 21.1. N> (describe-installation) shows me N> Databases: N> Compiling in support for Berkeley database. N> Compiling in support for GNU DBM. N> but I see N> (setq db (open-database "/var/db/locate.database" N> 'berkeley_db 'hash "r")) N> => Unsupported database type: berkeley_db Martin> Note that if you are opening a database in r/o mode, the database file Martin> must already exist, and the SUBTYPE argument is ignored. N> So, what das 'Compiling in support for Berkeley database.' really N> mean. Am I missing something? Martin> No. We are. Martin> (setq db (open-database "/tmp/t3" 'berkeley-db 'btree)) Martin> ==> #<database "/tmp/t3" (berkeley-db/btree/readwrite) 0xa02b> Martin> ./man/ChangeLog: Martin> 2000-08-24 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; Martin> * lispref/databases.texi (Connecting to a Database): Martin> s/berkeley_db/berkeley-db/. Too much C programming. Martin> Index: ./man/lispref/databases.texi Martin> =================================================================== Martin> RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/man/lispref/databases.texi,v Martin> retrieving revision 1.2.2.1 Martin> diff -u -w -r1.2.2.1 databases.texi Martin> --- databases.texi 2000/05/11 05:54:43 1.2.2.1 Martin> +++ databases.texi 2000/08/24 04:58:50 Martin> ＠＠ -26,16 +26,16 ＠＠ Martin> permissions ＠var{mode}. ＠var{access} can be any combination of ＠code{r} Martin> ＠code{w} and ＠code{+}, for read, write, and creation flags. Martin> -＠var{type} can have the value ＠code{'dbm} or ＠code{'berkeley_db} to Martin> +＠var{type} can have the value ＠code{'dbm} or ＠code{'berkeley-db} to Martin> select the type of database file to use. (Note: XEmacs may not Martin> support both of these types.) Martin> For a ＠var{type} of ＠code{'dbm}, there are no subtypes, so Martin> ＠var{subtype} should be ＠code{nil}. Martin> -For a ＠var{type} of ＠code{'berkeley_db}, the following subtypes are Martin> +For a ＠var{type} of ＠code{'berkeley-db}, the following subtypes are Martin> available: ＠code{'hash}, ＠code{'btree}, and ＠code{'recno}. See the Martin> -manpages for the Berkeley DB functions to more information about these Martin> +manpages for the Berkeley DB functions for more information about these Martin> types. Martin> ＠end defun