--- a/CHANGES.txt	Tue Jul 20 07:26:40 2004 +0000
+++ b/CHANGES.txt	Tue Jul 20 22:56:18 2004 +0000
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 - document the STATIC_FILES config var
 - implement the HTTP HEAD command (sf bug 992544)
 - fix journal export of files to remove content from CSV files
+- API clarification. Previously, the anydbm/bsddb/metakit filter() methods
+  had required exact matches to Multilink argument lists. The RDBMS
+  backends treated Multilink matches like all other data types - matching
+  any of the Multilink argument list is good enough. The latter behaviour
+  is implemented across the board now.
 
 
 2004-06-24 0.7.5

--- a/roundup/backends/back_anydbm.py	Tue Jul 20 07:26:40 2004 +0000
+++ b/roundup/backends/back_anydbm.py	Tue Jul 20 22:56:18 2004 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # BASIS, AND THERE IS NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
 # SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
 # 
-#$Id: back_anydbm.py,v 1.162 2004-07-20 07:26:40 richard Exp $
+#$Id: back_anydbm.py,v 1.163 2004-07-20 22:56:18 richard Exp $
 '''This module defines a backend that saves the hyperdatabase in a
 database chosen by anydbm. It is guaranteed to always be available in python
 versions >2.1.1 (the dumbdbm fallback in 2.1.1 and earlier has several
@@ -1536,9 +1536,7 @@
 
         The filter must match all properties specificed - but if the
         property value to match is a list, any one of the values in the
-        list may match for that property to match. Unless the property
-        is a Multilink, in which case the item's property list must
-        match the filterspec list.
+        list may match for that property to match.
         """
         if __debug__:
             start_t = time.time()
@@ -1666,10 +1664,9 @@
                             # othewise, make sure this node has each of the
                             # required values
                             for want in v:
-                                if want not in nv:
+                                if want in nv:
+                                    match = True
                                     break
-                            else:
-                                match = True
                     elif t == STRING:
                         if nv is None:
                             nv = ''

--- a/roundup/backends/back_metakit.py	Tue Jul 20 07:26:40 2004 +0000
+++ b/roundup/backends/back_metakit.py	Tue Jul 20 22:56:18 2004 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: back_metakit.py,v 1.79 2004-07-20 05:58:07 richard Exp $
+# $Id: back_metakit.py,v 1.80 2004-07-20 22:56:18 richard Exp $
 '''Metakit backend for Roundup, originally by Gordon McMillan.
 
 Known Current Bugs:
@@ -1313,12 +1313,12 @@
             def ff(row, ml=mlcriteria):
                 for propname, values in ml.items():
                     sv = getattr(row, propname)
-                    if not values and sv:
-                        return 0
+                    if not values and not sv:
+                        return 1
                     for id in values:
-                        if sv.find(fid=id) == -1:
-                            return 0
-                return 1
+                        if sv.find(fid=id) != -1:
+                            return 1
+                return 0
             iv = v.filter(ff)
             v = v.remapwith(iv)
 

--- a/test/db_test_base.py	Tue Jul 20 07:26:40 2004 +0000
+++ b/test/db_test_base.py	Tue Jul 20 22:56:18 2004 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # BASIS, AND THERE IS NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
 # SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
 # 
-# $Id: db_test_base.py,v 1.39 2004-07-03 23:05:15 richard Exp $ 
+# $Id: db_test_base.py,v 1.40 2004-07-20 22:56:18 richard Exp $ 
 
 import unittest, os, shutil, errno, imp, sys, time, pprint
 
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@
         i1 = self.db.issue.create(files=[f1, f2])
         self.db.commit()
         d = self.db.indexer.search(['hello'], self.db.issue)
+        self.assert_(d.has_key(i1))
         d[i1]['files'].sort()
         self.assertEquals(d, {i1: {'files': [f1, f2]}})
         self.assertEquals(self.db.indexer.search(['world'], self.db.issue),
@@ -841,7 +842,7 @@
                 {'title': 'issue two', 'status': '1', 'assignedto': '2',
                     'foo': date.Interval('1d'), 'priority': '3',
                     'deadline': date.Date('2003-02-16.22:50')},
-                    {'title': 'issue three', 'status': '1', 'priority': '2',
+                {'title': 'issue three', 'status': '1', 'priority': '2',
                     'nosy': ['1','2'], 'deadline': date.Date('2003-02-18')},
                 {'title': 'non four', 'status': '3',
                     'foo': date.Interval('0:10'), 'priority': '2',
@@ -894,7 +895,7 @@
         ae(filt(None, {'nosy': '2'}, ('+','id'), (None,None)), ['3'])
         ae(filt(None, {'nosy': '-1'}, ('+','id'), (None,None)), ['1', '2'])
         ae(filt(None, {'nosy': ['1','2']}, ('+', 'status'),
-            ('-', 'activity')), ['4', '3'])
+            ('-', 'deadline')), ['4', '3'])
 
     def testFilteringMany(self):
         ae, filt = self.filteringSetup()