Description of problem: Gdbm support isn't included in the dba module, and can't be easily added as dba is built-in in the current php packages. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): php-4.3.8-2.1 (previous versions too) How reproducible: Always (none of the previous FC2 php packages had gdbm support either). Additional info: See : http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.dba.php Apparently, dbm and ndbm are marked as to be avoided, but not gdbm. It's still supported, works well, and doesn't add too many more dependencies (gdbm-devel at build time and gdbm at runtime). The main concern is that since the dba module is built-in, it can't be easily replaced. Currently to add gdbm support I must replace the main php package with one rebuilt without the explicit '--without-gdbm' configure option. If a new errata will be made for bug #127518 maybe this could go in too? It shouldn't be possible for such a minor change to cause breakage. I'm still curious as to why gdbm was disabled in the first place, though.
It was removed because the PHP license is not compatible with the GPL.