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 == Shared Database Proposal ==
-NSS has been using an old version of the Berkeley DataBase as its database engine since Netscape Navigator 2.0 in 1994. This database engine is commonly described in NSS documents as "DBM" and has a
+Prior to version 3.35, NSS had been using an old version of the Berkeley DataBase as its database engine since Netscape Navigator 2.0 in 1994. This database engine is commonly described in NSS documents as "DBM" and has a
 number of limitations.  One of the most severe limitations concerns the
 number of processes that may share a database file.  While any process has
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 Multiple processes may share a DBM database ONLY if they ALL access it
 READ-ONLY.  Processes cannot share a DBM database file if ANY of them wants
 to update it.
+NOTE: Since 3.35, NSS has moved to an [[NSS SQLite-based DB]].
 This limitation has been cumbersome for applications that wish to use NSS.
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 Step 2: Determine if a merge is necessary. If a merge is necessary,
-NSS will set the slot to a 'removable slot'. You can use PK11_IsPerm to
+NSS will set the slot to a 'removable slot'. You can use PK11_IsRemovable to
 test for this.
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        * Step 2: Determine if update/merge is needed.
        */
-      if (!PK11_IsPerm(slot) && !PK11_NeedLogin(slot)) {
+      if (PK11_IsRemovable(slot) && PK11_NeedLogin(slot)) {
          /* need to update/Merge the database */
          /*
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        * Step 2: Determine if update/merge is needed.
        */
-      if (!PK11_IsPerm(slot)) {
+      if (PK11_IsRemovable(slot)) {
 	/* need to update/Merge the database */
 	/*