From 6b6dcc80555d77858733e44b72e92d1dc60e2c38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:01:39 +0000
Subject: Docs: "Additional information" section.

---
 NEWS             |  2 +-
 README           | 13 +++++++++++++
 doc/gdbm.texinfo | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 src/gdbmopen.c   |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0846e19..f8ca701 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ See the end of file for copying conditions.
 
 Please send gdbm bug reports to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>.
 
-Version 1.9, 2011-08-09
+Version 1.9
 
 * Use of mmap
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7e416f8..f106aba 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ Build gdbmexport with gdbm.h from the specified directory.
 
 Please report bugs to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>
 
+* Documentation, updates etc.
+
+For the latest updates, visit <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm>,
+
+In particular, a copy of GDBM documentation in various formats is
+available online at <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/manual>.
+
+Latest versions of GDBM can be downloaded from anonymous
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm.
+
+To track the development, visit 
+<http://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/projects/gdbm>.
+
 
 * Copyright information:
 
diff --git a/doc/gdbm.texinfo b/doc/gdbm.texinfo
index 53bc1c5..c349941 100644
--- a/doc/gdbm.texinfo
+++ b/doc/gdbm.texinfo
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ Other topics:
 * Variables::                  Two useful variables.
 * Compatibility::              Compatibility with UNIX dbm and ndbm.
 * Bugs::                       Problems and bugs.
+* Resources::                  Additional resources,
 
 * GNU Free Documentation License::      Document license.
 * Index::                       Index
@@ -766,13 +767,14 @@ to an integer holding the desired cache size.
 
 @kwindex GDBM_FASTMODE
 @item GDBM_FASTMODE
-@emph{This option is now obsolete and has no effect.  The following
-description reflects its historical usage:}
+Enable or disable the @dfn{fast writes mode}, i.e. writes without
+subsequent synchronization.  The @var{value} should point
+to an integer: @samp{TRUE} to enable fast mode, and @samp{FALSE} to
+disable it.
 
-Enable or disable the fast mode.  This allows fast mode to be toggled
-on an already open and active database.  The @var{value} should point
-to an integer: @samp{TRUE} to enable fast mode, and @samp{FALSE} to disable
-it.
+This option is retained for compatibility with previous versions of
+@code{gdbm}.  Its effect is the reverse of @code{GDBM_SYNCMODE}
+(see below).
 
 @kwindex GDBM_SYNCMODE
 @item GDBM_SYNCMODE
@@ -781,6 +783,10 @@ setting defaults to off.  The @var{value} should point
 to an integer: @samp{TRUE} to turn synchronization on, and @samp{FALSE} to
 turn it off.
 
+Note, that this option is a reverse of @code{GDBM_FASTMODE},
+i.e. calling @code{GDBM_SYNCMODE} with @samp{TRUE} has the same effect
+as calling @code{GDBM_FASTMODE} with @samp{FALSE}.
+
 @kwindex GDBM_CENTFREE
 @item GDBM_CENTFREE
 @emph{NOTICE: This feature is still under study.}
@@ -1654,6 +1660,29 @@ You may contact the authors and maintainers by e-mail:
 @email{phil@@cs.wwu.edu}, @email{downsj@@downsj.com}, @email{gray@@gnu.org.ua}
 @end example
 
+@node Resources
+@chapter Additional resources
+
+For the latest updates and pointers to additional resources, visit
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm}.
+
+In particular, a copy of @code{gdbm} documentation in various formats
+is available online at @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/manual}.
+
+Latest versions of @code{gdbm} can be downloaded from anonymous FTP:
+@uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm}, or via HTTP from
+@uref{http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm}, or from any
+@ifhtml
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html,,GNU mirror} worldwide.
+@end ifhtml
+@ifnothtml
+GNU mirror worldwide.  See @uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html},
+for a list of mirrors.
+@end ifnothtml
+
+To track @code{gdbm} development, visit
+@uref{http://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/projects/gdbm}.
+
 @node GNU Free Documentation License
 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License
 
diff --git a/src/gdbmopen.c b/src/gdbmopen.c
index 4b1614a..7cd9040 100644
--- a/src/gdbmopen.c
+++ b/src/gdbmopen.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ gdbm_open (const char *file, int block_size, int flags, int mode,
   dbf->coalesce_blocks = FALSE; /* Default to not coalescing blocks. */
   dbf->allow_mmap = TRUE;	/* Default to using mmap(). */
 
-  /* GDBM_FAST used to determine whethere or not we set fast_write. */
+  /* GDBM_FAST used to determine whether or not we set fast_write. */
   if (flags & GDBM_SYNC)
     {
       /* If GDBM_SYNC has been requested, don't do fast_write. */
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