[ZPatterns] ZPatterns 0.4.3 final for Zope 2.3.x released

Itai Tavor itai@optusnet.com.au
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:16:27 +1000


Phillip J. Eby wrote:

>At 06:46 PM 7/19/01 +1000, Itai Tavor wrote:
>
>>Ok, I'm finally back working on my ZPatterns projects, and I'm 
>>sorry to say that this is still broken. Earlier today I created and 
>>populated a Specialist using Zope 2.3.2 and ZPatterns 0.4.3b2. Then 
>>I upgraded to ZPatterns 0.4.3p1, verified that line 421 in Rack.py 
>>reads 'getItem(k)' and packed the Rack. All data disappeared.
>>
>>Not nice... what's going on? Am I using an unsupported/untested 
>>setup? I'm pretty sure I shouldn't have to use 2.3.3, everything 
>>else in 2.3.2 works fine and I think the new BTrees have been 
>>around since 2.3.
>
>In the interests of getting this fixed quickly, perhaps you could 
>try the following patch for me?  That way we can avoid the 
>additional delay of you sending me your data.  I think the problem 
>is that once the new BTrees storage is created, the Rack appears to 
>be empty and thus nothing is copied into the new storage.  If that's 
>the case, this affects all ZPatterns users, not just on Zope 2.3.2.
>
>
>Index: Rack.py
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /cvsroot/ZProducts/ZPatterns/Rack.py,v
>retrieving revision 1.81
>diff -u -r1.81 Rack.py
>--- Rack.py     2001/07/11 16:25:27     1.81
>+++ Rack.py     2001/07/19 23:35:14
>@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@
>              del self.__writeableStorage     # force a new one to be created
>              new = self.__writeableStorage
>
>+            self.__readableStorage = old
>              c=0
>              for k,v in old.items():
>                  if self.getItem(k) is None: continue
>@@ -425,6 +426,7 @@
>                      get_transaction().commit(1)
>                      old._p_jar.cacheMinimize(3)
>
>+            self.__readableStorage = new
>              get_transaction().commit(1)
>              old._p_jar.cacheMinimize(3)

This patch fixed the problem. Thanks!

BTW, you mentioned that the 0.4.3p1 release includes security changes 
for Zope 2.3.x. Are these changes detailed anywhere?
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