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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2003-07-13 02:22:03 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2003-07-13 02:22:03 (GMT) |
| commit | d7472ec13a65c6c5ff00365b1477677d1fecbb3c (patch) | |
| tree | 7a434cc551919130aa58974926588035e20d0c59 /Misc/NEWS | |
| parent | 5c5fca9844a5aa7b56ca45fe324491cb2b43a7cd (diff) | |
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Fixed critical shutdown race in _Database._commit.
Related to SF patch 723231 (which pointed out the problem, but didn't
fix it, just shut up the warning msg -- which was pointing out a dead-
serious bug!).
Bugfix candidate.
Diffstat (limited to 'Misc/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ Extension modules Library ------- +- It's vital that a dumbdbm database be closed properly, else the + on-disk data and directory files can be left in mutually inconsistent + states. dumbdbm.py's _Database.__del__() method attempted to close + the database properly, but a shutdown race in _Database._commit() + could prevent this form working, so that a program trusting __del__() + to get the on-disk files in synch could be badly surprised. The race + has been repaired. + - The classes in threading.py are now new-style classes. That they weren't before was an oversight. |