return -1;
 }
 
+
+struct traverse_state {
+       bool error;
+       struct tdb_context *dest_db;
+};
+
+/*
+  traverse function for repacking
+ */
+static int repack_traverse(struct tdb_context *tdb, TDB_DATA key, TDB_DATA data, void *private)
+{
+       struct traverse_state *state = (struct traverse_state *)private;
+       if (tdb_store(state->dest_db, key, data, TDB_INSERT) != 0) {
+               state->error = true;
+               return -1;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+  repack a tdb
+ */
+int tdb_repack(struct tdb_context *tdb)
+{
+       struct tdb_context *tmp_db;
+       struct traverse_state state;
+
+       tdb_trace(tdb, "tdb_repack");
+
+       if (tdb_transaction_start(tdb) != 0) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_repack: Failed to start transaction\n"));
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       tmp_db = tdb_open("tmpdb", tdb_hash_size(tdb), TDB_INTERNAL, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0);
+       if (tmp_db == NULL) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_repack: Failed to create tmp_db\n"));
+               tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       state.error = false;
+       state.dest_db = tmp_db;
+
+       if (tdb_traverse_read(tdb, repack_traverse, &state) == -1) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_repack: Failed to traverse copying out\n"));
+               tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               tdb_close(tmp_db);
+               return -1;              
+       }
+
+       if (state.error) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_repack: Error during traversal\n"));
+               tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               tdb_close(tmp_db);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       if (tdb_wipe_all(tdb) != 0) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_repack: Failed to wipe database\n"));
+               tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               tdb_close(tmp_db);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       state.error = false;
+       state.dest_db = tdb;
+
+       if (tdb_traverse_read(tmp_db, repack_traverse, &state) == -1) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_repack: Failed to traverse copying back\n"));
+               tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               tdb_close(tmp_db);
+               return -1;              
+       }
+
+       if (state.error) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_repack: Error during second traversal\n"));
+               tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               tdb_close(tmp_db);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       tdb_close(tmp_db);
+
+       if (tdb_transaction_commit(tdb) != 0) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_repack: Failed to commit\n"));
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef TDB_TRACE
 static void tdb_trace_write(struct tdb_context *tdb, const char *str)
 {
 
 
 void tdb_setalarm_sigptr(struct tdb_context *tdb, volatile sig_atomic_t *sigptr);
 
+/* wipe and repack */
+int tdb_wipe_all(struct tdb_context *tdb);
+int tdb_repack(struct tdb_context *tdb);
+
 /* Debug functions. Not used in production. */
 void tdb_dump_all(struct tdb_context *tdb);
 int tdb_printfreelist(struct tdb_context *tdb);
 int tdb_validate_freelist(struct tdb_context *tdb, int *pnum_entries);
-int tdb_wipe_all(struct tdb_context *tdb);
 int tdb_freelist_size(struct tdb_context *tdb);
 
 extern TDB_DATA tdb_null;