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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2007-05-11 16:50:42 (GMT)
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/p3yk ................ r55238 | guido.van.rossum | 2007-05-10 16:46:05 -0700 (Thu, 10 May 2007) | 9 lines Merged revisions 55227 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r55227 | guido.van.rossum | 2007-05-10 10:20:15 -0700 (Thu, 10 May 2007) | 2 lines Fix a bug in test_c_api() that caused a negative refcount. ........ ................ r55246 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:01:52 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line Remove commands.getstatus() it is obsolete. ................ r55248 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:29:05 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines Remove bsddb185 support. ................ r55249 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:29:50 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line Remove bsddb185 module too ................ r55250 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:32:13 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line bsddb185: Gotta remove from the file checked in, not Setup ................ r55251 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:53:26 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line Remove obsolete IRIX modules (as much as I could find, there is probably more) ................ r55252 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:55:35 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line Remove SGI turd. ................ r55254 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 03:11:01 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines Add a case for set comprehensions to the "cannot assign to" switch. ................ r55255 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 03:11:25 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines Fix wrong imports. ................ r55261 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 07:37:48 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines Remove removed tex files. ................ r55262 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 08:28:41 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines Commit PEP 3132 implementation. ................ r55264 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 08:50:19 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines Check in the inevitable AST version number and format Py_ssize_t with %zd. ................ r55265 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 09:12:22 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line Remove mention of os.popen* and popen2.* since these will be removed. ................ r55266 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 09:19:57 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line Get doc to build again (almost, the doc is fine) ................ r55267 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 09:21:02 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line Really get doc to build (remove use of string module) ................ r55269 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 09:29:43 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line Add some notes to cleanup later ................
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@@ -290,16 +290,6 @@ on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here,
submit a documentation bug report to SourceForge (see Bug Reports
above) so we can remove them!)
-Unix platforms: If your vendor still ships (and you still use) Berkeley DB
- 1.85 you will need to edit Modules/Setup to build the bsddb185
- module and add a line to sitecustomize.py which makes it the
- default. In Modules/Setup a line like
-
- bsddb185 bsddbmodule.c
-
- should work. (You may need to add -I, -L or -l flags to direct the
- compiler and linker to your include files and libraries.)
-
XXX I think this next bit is out of date:
64-bit platforms: The modules audioop, imageop and rgbimg don't work.
@@ -752,9 +742,7 @@ Beginning with Python version 2.3, the PyBsddb package
exposing a set of package-level functions which provide
backwards-compatible behavior. Only versions 3.3 through 4.4 of
Sleepycat's libraries provide the necessary API, so older versions
-aren't supported through this interface. The old bsddb module has
-been retained as bsddb185, though it is not built by default. Users
-wishing to use it will have to tweak Modules/Setup to build it. The
+aren't supported through this interface. The
dbm module will still be built against the Sleepycat libraries if
other preferred alternatives (ndbm, gdbm) are not found.