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gdr-ftp
17aad04201 There used to be a limit of 65k on the size of the describe
database source when using descu.  This limit was imposed
	due to a bug in ORCA/C (it is no longer clear whether
	this was a bug in malloc(3) or in array indexing code).
	As of ORCA/C v2.1.x, this bug appears to be fixed, so
	the limit was lifted.
A couple of calls to lseek(2) didn't have their return values
	checked for errors.  Fixed.
Updated email address for Devin Reade.
1998-02-07 06:40:11 +00:00
gdr
51b2bbcf92 v1.0.5 January 1998
Increased the number of characters in the name field of the
		nameEntry struct from 34 to 36.  This gives an 8-byte
		alignment to the offset entry, which provides binary
		compatibility of the precompiled database file between
		the IIgs and little-endian 32-bit machines such as
		Linux boxes.

		*** THIS MEANS THAT THE PRECOMPILED DATABASE IS NO LONGER
		    BINARY COMPATIBLE WITH EARLIER VERSIONS.

	Updated descu so that the "Last Updated" line in the describe
		source "header" is updated to reflect the current date
		and time (GMT, if supported).
	Fixed a bug in descu that caused the "header" to be slowly eaten,
		one character at a time.
	The describe database source file is no longer part of this
		archive.  It is available separately from the url,
		above.
	Added a "Known Bugs" section and URLs on where to find the
		online database to this README.  Modified the installation
		instructions a bit.
1998-01-17 07:20:07 +00:00
gdr
b00e9eb797 Makefile:
- Renamed from makefile.mk to Makefile.
	- Updated for proper operation as part of GNO build.
	- Discontinue use of vaend.c, basename.c for GNO v2.0.6.

descu:
	- Document ability to specify an output file vice stdout
	  (this feature was already in, but not documented)
	- Allow the output file to be the same name as the first
	  input file (it will be overwritten).
	- Fix buffer overrun bugs that occured when:
		a) There was no initial input file; or
		b) There are no headers in the first input file; or
		c) There are no trailers in the first input file; or
	- Increased SLOTS_QUANTUM from 20 to 64, hopefully increasing
	  the speed on large files.
	- fixed stack check code to use the new routines names
	- put version number in lockstep with descc and describe

descc:
	- descc will now change the database file type to BIN, if it
	  wasn't already so.
	- changed default location of system database
	- fixed stack check code to use the new routines names
	- put version number in lockstep with descu and describe


describe:
	- changed default location of system database
	- fixed stack check code to use the new routines names
	- put version number in lockstep with descu and descc

*.rez:
	- added resource source files
1997-09-24 06:34:59 +00:00