Description of Problem:
(2002.10.30, 14:38)

I have a problem with Perl and DB_File under RedHat 7.3. This problem
occurs with programs which used to run fine in 7.1.

Whenever I open a dbm file using DB_File and with 0444 access
permission (read only), the datestamp of the file is updated, even
though no change was made to the file! The following Perl script
provokes that problem on my system (as well as on a friend's system
which uses 7.3 as well).

Are we the only one with this problem? Is there a solution?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How Reproducible:
#! /usr/bin/perl
use DB_File;
$file = $ARGV[0];
if ( not $file ) { print "..Syntax: $0 filename\n"; exit; }
if (not dbmopen %basedbm,$file,0444) { print "..Can't open file $file\n"; 
exit; }
$n = scalar keys %basedbm;
dbmclose %basedbm;
print "$n records\n";

This only opens the file; it does not change it. Yet, it changes the timestamp 
on the file.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:
Timestamp change.

Expected Results:
No timestamp change.

Additional Information: