Hello, There are two seperate bugs in libc/db.
The first is the in libc/db/hash/hash.c in hash_action. If hash_action is called with HASH_DELETE and the key is not found it will return -1 (error) instead of 1 (key not found) as documented in the man page. This bug is mentioned in PR misc/42429. The second is in libc/db/hash/ndbm.c. dbm_delete needs to be changed to return the status from the db call directly. As it stands now it just checks for a non-zero and returns -1 if this is so. If it returned the status directly then it would work as documented. This is the bug mentioned in PR misc/42422. Attached are two patch files relative to lib/libc/db/hash. Should have done more research before I sent the first PR...:) GB -PATCH1- *** hash.c Wed Sep 4 17:13:22 2002 --- hash.c.patched Wed Sep 4 17:11:03 2002 *************** *** 685,692 **** save_bufp->flags &= ~BUF_PIN; return (SUCCESS); } - case HASH_GET: case HASH_DELETE: default: save_bufp->flags &= ~BUF_PIN; return (ABNORMAL); --- 685,693 ---- save_bufp->flags &= ~BUF_PIN; return (SUCCESS); } case HASH_DELETE: + return 1; + case HASH_GET: default: save_bufp->flags &= ~BUF_PIN; return (ABNORMAL); -PATCH2- *** ndbm.c Wed Sep 4 17:14:44 2002 --- ndbm.c.patched Wed Sep 4 17:15:06 2002 *************** *** 171,181 **** dbtkey.data = key.dptr; dbtkey.size = key.dsize; ! status = (db->del)(db, &dbtkey, 0); ! if (status) ! return (-1); ! else ! return (0); } /* --- 171,178 ---- dbtkey.data = key.dptr; dbtkey.size = key.dsize; ! return (db->del)(db, &dbtkey, 0); ! } /* -CUT- GB -- GB Clark II | Roaming FreeBSD Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] | General Geek CTHULU for President - Why choose the lesser of two evils? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message