1# @(#)README 8.28 (Berkeley) 11/2/95 2 3This is version 2.0-ALPHA of the Berkeley DB code. 4THIS IS A PRELIMINARY RELEASE. 5 6For information on compiling and installing this software, see the file 7PORT/README. 8 9Newer versions of this software will periodically be made available by 10anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:ucb/4bsd/db.tar.{Z,gz} and from 11ftp.harvard.edu:margo/db.tar.{Z,gz}. If you want to receive announcements 12of future releases of this software, send email to the contact address 13below. 14 15Email questions may be addressed to dbinfo@eecs.harvard.edu. 16 17============================================ 18Distribution contents: 19 20README This file. 21CHANGELOG List of changes, per version. 22btree B+tree access method. 23db The db_open interface routine. 24docs Various USENIX papers, and the formatted manual pages. 25hash Extended linear hashing access method. 26lock Lock manager. 27log Log manager. 28man The unformatted manual pages. 29mpool The buffer manager support. 30mutex Mutex support. 31recno The fixed/variable length record access method. 32test Test package. 33txn Transaction support. 34 35============================================ 36Debugging: 37 38If you're running a memory checker (e.g. Purify) on DB, make sure that 39you recompile it with "-DPURIFY" in the CFLAGS, first. By default, 40allocated pages are not initialized by the DB code, and they will show 41up as reads of uninitialized memory in the buffer write routines. 42