7.60. gdbm
7.60. gdbm 7.60.1. RHBA-2015:0005 - gdbm bug fix update Updated gdbm packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Gdbm is a GNU database indexing library, which includes routines which use extensible hashing. Gdbm works in a similar way to standard UNIX dbm routines. Bug Fix BZ# 629640 Due to incorrect open file flags, the gdbm utility caused creation of a new file when opening a non-existent file for reading. To fix this bug, the wrong file open flags have been set correctly, and gdbm thus no longer creates a new file in the aforementioned scenario. Users of gdbm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug. 7.60.2. RHBA-2015:0089 - gdbm bug fix update Updated gdbm packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The gdbm packages provide a GNU database indexing library, which includes routines that use extensible hashing. The library works in a similar way to standard UNIX dbm routines. Bug Fix BZ# 1180392 The release of gdbm introduced a regression in the way file handlers were used. Consequently, gdbm failed to write to a database opened for reading and writing. With this update, the file handlers have been fixed to use the right flags, and as a result, gdbm works with such databases as expected. Users of gdbm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.