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From 0591202918948d41e331094b283ff699ab916c54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 14:03:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 11/14] Fix semantics of gdbm_load -r

Fixes https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/index.php?573

* tools/gdbm_load.c: New option: --update (-U)
The --replace (-r) option is valid only if used together with
--update.
* NEWS: Document changes.
* doc/gdbm.texi: Document changes.
---
 NEWS              | 13 ++++++++++++-
 doc/gdbm.texi     | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 tools/gdbm_load.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 16d8d2a..a0d16b1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
-GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2022-02-04
+GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2022-07-01
 Copyright (C) 1990-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end of file for copying conditions.
 
 Please send gdbm bug reports to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>.
+
+
+* New gdbm_load option: --update
+
+The --update (-U) option instructs gdbm_load to update an existing
+database, whose name is supplied by the second argument.
+
+* Fix semantics of gdbm_load -r
+
+The --replace (-r) is valid only when used together with --update.
+
 
 Version 1.23, 2022-02-04
 
diff --git a/doc/gdbm.texi b/doc/gdbm.texi
index e34873f..4fa841f 100644
--- a/doc/gdbm.texi
+++ b/doc/gdbm.texi
@@ -3251,6 +3251,8 @@ symmetry).  A special code @samp{all} stands for all available error codes.
 
 In boolean context, the @code{true} value is equivalent to @samp{all},
 and @code{false} (i.e. variable unset) is equivalent to @samp{-all}.
+
+This variable cannot be set from interactive sessions.
 @end deftypevr
 
 @deftypevr {gdbmtool variable} string errormask
@@ -4070,9 +4072,17 @@ must be given as the second argument.
 
 In general, if two arguments are given, the second one is treated as
 the name of the database to create, overriding the file name specified
-in the flat file.
+in the flat file.  All existing keys will be removed from this
+database prior to loading from the dump.  Use the @option{--update}
+(@option{-U}) option if it is not what you wish.
+
+When given the @option{--update} (@option{-U}) option,
+@command{gdbm_load} will update the existing database with the data
+from the dump.  It will bail out if the dump contains a key that is
+already present in the database.  To silently overwrite existing keys,
+use the @option{--replace} (@option{-r}) option.
 
-The utility understands the following command line arguments:
+The utility understands the following command line options:
 
 @table @option
 
@@ -4098,7 +4108,16 @@ Do not restore file meta-data (ownership and mode) from the flat file.
 
 @item -r
 @itemx --replace
-Replace existing keys.
+Replace existing keys.  This option can be used only together with
+@option{--update} (@option{-U}).
+
+@item -U
+@itemx --update
+Update an existing database.  The database name must be given in the
+second argument to @command{gdbm_load}.  The key/value pairs from the
+dump file will be added to that database, without removing the
+existing keys.  To overwrite the existing keys from the dump file, use
+@option{--update --replace}.
 
 @item -u @var{user}[:@var{group}]
 @itemx --user=@var{user}[:@var{group}]
diff --git a/tools/gdbm_load.c b/tools/gdbm_load.c
index b4691c9..5d5e50e 100644
--- a/tools/gdbm_load.c
+++ b/tools/gdbm_load.c
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ gid_t owner_gid;
 char *parseopt_program_doc = N_("load a GDBM database from a file");
 char *parseopt_program_args = N_("FILE [DB_FILE]");
 struct gdbm_option optab[] = {
-  { 'r', "replace", NULL, N_("replace records in the existing database") },
+  { 'r', "replace", NULL, N_("replace records in the existing database (needs -U)") },
   { 'm', "mode", N_("MODE"), N_("set file mode") },
+  { 'U', "update", NULL, N_("update the existing database") },
   { 'u', "user", N_("NAME|UID[:NAME|GID]"), N_("set file owner") },
   { 'n', "no-meta", NULL, N_("do not attempt to set file meta-data") },
   { 'M', "mmap", NULL, N_("use memory mapping") },
@@ -139,6 +140,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	break;
 
+      case 'U':
+	oflags = (oflags & ~GDBM_OPENMASK) | GDBM_WRCREAT;
+	break;
+
       case 'u':
 	{
 	  size_t len;
@@ -228,13 +233,24 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (argc > 2)
     {
-      error (_("too many arguments; try `%s -h' for more info"), progname);
+      error (_("too many arguments; try `%s -h' for more info"));
+      exit (EXIT_USAGE);
+    }
+
+  if (replace && (oflags & GDBM_OPENMASK) != GDBM_WRCREAT)
+    {
+      error (_("-r is useless without -U"));
       exit (EXIT_USAGE);
     }
   
   filename = argv[0];
   if (argc == 2)
     dbname = argv[1];
+  else if (oflags & GDBM_WRCREAT)
+    {
+      error (_("-U requires DB_FILE to be supplied"));
+      exit (EXIT_USAGE);
+    }
   else
     dbname = NULL;
 
-- 
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