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FW: [MacPerl] Problems with DB_File






>"Jungwirth, Russell" <rjungwir@kcc.com> writes:
>>This code fails using MacPerl 5.15r4 on:
>>Quadra 950, System 7.6.1, CFM68k MacPerl
>>Power Macintosh 7200/90, System 7.6.1, Power Mac Native MacPerl
>>
>>But it works on:
>>PowerBook 165, System 7.6.1, CFM68k MacPerl

>Ok, I found & fixed that one today. This turned to be a truly bizarre
problem 
>that occurs with databases on volumes where allocation blocks are not
powers of
>2. Would that be consistent with the systems you observed?

Yes.
Powerbook is 2048
PowerMac is 4846
Quadra is 8704

Additional Tests:

PowerMac system as above:
On drive with 16384 = 2^14  is OK
On drive partition with 16896 = 2^9 * 11 * 3  failed.

*Whew*  Thanks for finding that one!

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