--- /dev/null
+05_handle-short-read.patch
+
+diff -urNad a/bucket.c b/bucket.c
+--- a/bucket.c 1999-05-19 01:16:05.000000000 +0100
++++ b/bucket.c 2006-04-24 03:18:01.000000000 +0100
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ #include "autoconf.h"
+
+ #include "gdbmdefs.h"
+-
++#include <errno.h>
+
+ /* Initializing a new hash buckets sets all bucket entries to -1 hash value. */
+ void
+@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
+ int dir_index;
+ {
+ off_t bucket_adr; /* The address of the correct hash bucket. */
+- int num_bytes; /* The number of bytes read. */
++ int num_bytes = 0; /* The total number of bytes read. */
++ int bytes_read; /* Number of bytes read in this syscall */
+ off_t file_pos; /* The return address for lseek. */
+ register int index; /* Loop index. */
+
+@@ -111,7 +112,12 @@
+ if (file_pos != bucket_adr)
+ _gdbm_fatal (dbf, "lseek error");
+
+- num_bytes = read (dbf->desc, dbf->bucket, dbf->header->bucket_size);
++ do
++ {
++ bytes_read = read (dbf->desc, dbf->bucket+num_bytes, dbf->header->bucket_size-num_bytes);
++ if (bytes_read > 0) num_bytes += bytes_read;
++ }
++ while ((bytes_read > 0 || (bytes_read == -1 && errno == EINTR)) && num_bytes < dbf->header->bucket_size);
+ if (num_bytes != dbf->header->bucket_size)
+ _gdbm_fatal (dbf, "read error");
+ }
+diff -urNad a/falloc.c b/falloc.c
+--- a/falloc.c 2006-04-24 03:17:54.000000000 +0100
++++ b/falloc.c 2006-04-24 03:18:01.000000000 +0100
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ #include "autoconf.h"
+
+ #include "gdbmdefs.h"
+-
++#include <errno.h>
+
+ /* The forward definitions for this file. See the functions for
+ the definition of the function. */
+@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
+ pop_avail_block (dbf)
+ gdbm_file_info *dbf;
+ {
+- int num_bytes; /* For use with the read system call. */
++ int num_bytes = 0; /* For use with the read system call. */
++ int bytes_read; /* For use with the read system call. */
+ off_t file_pos; /* For use with the lseek system call. */
+ avail_elem new_el;
+ avail_block *new_blk;
+@@ -199,7 +200,12 @@
+ /* Read the block. */
+ file_pos = lseek (dbf->desc, new_el.av_adr, L_SET);
+ if (file_pos != new_el.av_adr) _gdbm_fatal (dbf, "lseek error");
+- num_bytes = read (dbf->desc, new_blk, new_el.av_size);
++ do
++ {
++ bytes_read = read (dbf->desc, new_blk+num_bytes, new_el.av_size-num_bytes);
++ if (bytes_read > 0) num_bytes += bytes_read;
++ }
++ while ((bytes_read > 0 || (bytes_read == -1 && errno == EINTR)) && num_bytes < new_el.av_size);
+ if (num_bytes != new_el.av_size) _gdbm_fatal (dbf, "read error");
+
+ /* Add the elements from the new block to the header. */
+diff -urNad a/findkey.c b/findkey.c
+--- a/findkey.c 1999-05-19 01:16:06.000000000 +0100
++++ b/findkey.c 2006-04-24 03:18:01.000000000 +0100
+@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
+ #include "autoconf.h"
+
+ #include "gdbmdefs.h"
++#include <errno.h>
+
+
+ /* Read the data found in bucket entry ELEM_LOC in file DBF and
+@@ -41,11 +42,12 @@
+ gdbm_file_info *dbf;
+ int elem_loc;
+ {
+- int num_bytes; /* For seeking and reading. */
++ int num_bytes = 0; /* For seeking and reading. */
+ int key_size;
+ int data_size;
+ off_t file_pos;
+ data_cache_elem *data_ca;
++ int bytes_read;
+
+ /* Is it already in the cache? */
+ if (dbf->cache_entry->ca_data.elem_loc == elem_loc)
+@@ -74,7 +76,12 @@
+ dbf->bucket->h_table[elem_loc].data_pointer, L_SET);
+ if (file_pos != dbf->bucket->h_table[elem_loc].data_pointer)
+ _gdbm_fatal (dbf, "lseek error");
+- num_bytes = read (dbf->desc, data_ca->dptr, key_size+data_size);
++ do
++ {
++ bytes_read = read (dbf->desc, data_ca->dptr+num_bytes, key_size+data_size-num_bytes);
++ if (bytes_read > 0) num_bytes += bytes_read;
++ }
++ while ((bytes_read > 0 || (bytes_read == -1 && errno == EINTR)) && num_bytes < key_size+data_size);
+ if (num_bytes != key_size+data_size) _gdbm_fatal (dbf, "read error");
+
+ return data_ca->dptr;