2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/RPM4/NEWS b/RPM4/NEWS
index 1134385..a6a8764 100644
--- a/RPM4/NEWS
+++ b/RPM4/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - make Spec->build works with rpm-4.9
+- make initdb do all the needed work
 
 Version 0.26 - 21 December 2011
 
diff --git a/RPM4/src/RPM4.xs b/RPM4/src/RPM4.xs
index 99c251e..6d95edb 100644
--- a/RPM4/src/RPM4.xs
+++ b/RPM4/src/RPM4.xs
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ rpmdbinit(rootdir = NULL)
     /* rpm{db,ts}init is deprecated, we open a database with create flags
      *  and close it */
     /* 0 on success */
-    RETVAL = rpmtsOpenDB(ts, O_RDWR | O_CREAT);
+    RETVAL = rpmtsInitDB(ts, 0644);
     ts = rpmtsFree(ts);
     OUTPUT:
     RETVAL