Binary compatibility report for the gdbm library between 1.8.3 and 1.9.1 versions on x86

Test Info

Library Name	gdbm
Version #1	1.8.3
Version #2	1.9.1
CPU Type	x86
GCC Version	4.6.1

Test Results

Total Header Files	1
Total Shared Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	15 / 11
Verdict	Incompatible (6.7%)

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	4
Removed Symbols	High	0
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	0
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	2
	Low	5
Problems with Constants	Low	0
Other Changes in Constants	-	21

Added Symbols (4)

gdbm.h, libgdbm.so.4.0.0
gdbm_export ( GDBM_FILE p1, char const* p2, int p3, int p4 )
gdbm_import ( GDBM_FILE p1, char const* p2, int p3 )
gdbm_version_cmp ( int const* a, int const* b )
gdbm_version_number [data]

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Problems with Symbols, Medium Severity (2)

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value became const (has been changed from char* to char const*).	The return value will be treated as non-const by old client applications. This may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

	Change	Effect
1	This global data became const.	Any attempts of old applications to change this global data may result in crash.

gdbm.h, libgdbm.so.3.0.0
[+] gdbm_strerror ( gdbm_error p1 ) (1)
[+] gdbm_version [data] (1)

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Problems with Symbols, Low Severity (5)

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 1st parameter p1 has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.
2	Base type of 5th parameter p5 has been changed from *void()()** to void()(char const).	Replacement of parameter base type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 3rd parameter p3 has been changed from int* to void*.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of return type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of this global data has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of data type may indicate a change in semantic meaning.

gdbm.h, libgdbm.so.3.0.0
[+] gdbm_open ( char* p1, int p2, int p3, int p4, void(*p5)() ) (2)
[+] gdbm_setopt ( GDBM_FILE p1, int p2, int* p3, int p4 ) (1)
[+] gdbm_strerror ( gdbm_error p1 ) (1)
[+] gdbm_version [data] (1)

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Other Changes in Constants (21)

	Change	Effect
1	The constant _GDBM_MAX_ERRNO with value 23 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant _GDBM_MIN_ERRNO with value 0 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_BAD_FILE_OFFSET with value 22 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_BAD_OPEN_FLAGS with value 23 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_BYTE_SWAPPED with value 21 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_GETCACHESIZE with value 10 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_GETCENTFREE with value 12 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_GETCOALESCEBLKS with value 13 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_GETDBNAME with value 15 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_GETFLAGS with value 8 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_GETMAXMAPSIZE with value 14 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_GETMMAP with value 9 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_GETSYNCMODE with value 11 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_NOMMAP with value 0x80 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_OPENMASK with value 7 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_SETCACHESIZE with value 1 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_SETCENTFREE with value 4 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_SETCOALESCEBLKS with value 5 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_SETMAXMAPSIZE with value 6 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_SETMMAP with value 7 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant GDBM_SETSYNCMODE with value 3 has been added.	No effect.

gdbm.h
[+] _GDBM_MAX_ERRNO
[+] _GDBM_MIN_ERRNO
[+] GDBM_BAD_FILE_OFFSET
[+] GDBM_BAD_OPEN_FLAGS
[+] GDBM_BYTE_SWAPPED
[+] GDBM_GETCACHESIZE
[+] GDBM_GETCENTFREE
[+] GDBM_GETCOALESCEBLKS
[+] GDBM_GETDBNAME
[+] GDBM_GETFLAGS
[+] GDBM_GETMAXMAPSIZE
[+] GDBM_GETMMAP
[+] GDBM_GETSYNCMODE
[+] GDBM_NOMMAP
[+] GDBM_OPENMASK
[+] GDBM_SETCACHESIZE
[+] GDBM_SETCENTFREE
[+] GDBM_SETCOALESCEBLKS
[+] GDBM_SETMAXMAPSIZE
[+] GDBM_SETMMAP
[+] GDBM_SETSYNCMODE

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Header Files (1)

gdbm.h

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Shared Libraries (1)

libgdbm.so.3.0.0

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