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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-gdbm" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="gdbm.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>gdbm</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&gdbm-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&gdbm-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Gdbm">GDBM</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The GDBM package contains the GNU Database Manager. It is a library
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27 | of database functions that use extensible hashing and works similar to the
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28 | standard UNIX dbm. The library provides primitives for storing key/data
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29 | pairs, searching and retrieving the data by its key and deleting a key
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30 | along with its data. </para>
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31 |
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32 | <segmentedlist>
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33 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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34 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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35 |
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36 | <seglistitem>
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37 | <seg>&gdbm-fin-sbu;</seg>
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38 | <seg>&gdbm-fin-du;</seg>
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39 | </seglistitem>
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40 | </segmentedlist>
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41 |
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42 | </sect2>
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43 |
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44 | <sect2 role="installation">
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45 | <title>Installation of GDBM</title>
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46 | <!--
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47 | <para>First, fix an issue first identified by gcc-10:</para>
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48 |
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49 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -r -i '/^char.*parseopt_program_(doc|args)/d' src/parseopt.c</userinput></screen>
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50 | -->
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51 | <para>Prepare GDBM for compilation:</para>
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52 |
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53 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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54 | --disable-static \
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55 | --enable-libgdbm-compat</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | <variablelist>
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58 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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59 |
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60 | <varlistentry>
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61 | <term><envar>--enable-libgdbm-compat</envar></term>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>This switch enables building the libgdbm compatibility library.
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64 | Some packages outside of LFS may require the older DBM
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65 | routines it provides.</para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | </varlistentry>
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68 | </variablelist>
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69 |
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70 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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71 |
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72 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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73 |
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74 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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75 |
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76 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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77 | <!--
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78 | <para>
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79 | One test, <filename>version</filename>, is known to fail.
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80 | </para>
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81 | -->
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82 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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83 |
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84 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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85 |
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86 | </sect2>
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87 |
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88 | <sect2 id="contents-gdbm" role="content">
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89 | <title>Contents of GDBM</title>
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90 |
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91 | <segmentedlist>
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92 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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93 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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94 |
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95 | <seglistitem>
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96 | <seg>gdbm_dump, gdbm_load, and gdbmtool</seg>
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97 | <seg>libgdbm.so and libgdbm_compat.so</seg>
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98 | </seglistitem>
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99 | </segmentedlist>
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100 |
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101 | <variablelist>
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102 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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103 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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104 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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105 |
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106 | <varlistentry id="gdbm_dump">
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107 | <term><command>gdbm_dump</command></term>
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108 | <listitem>
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109 | <para>Dumps a GDBM database to a file</para>
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110 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbm_dump">
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111 | <primary sortas="b-gdbm_dump">gdbm_dump</primary>
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112 | </indexterm>
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113 | </listitem>
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114 | </varlistentry>
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115 |
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116 | <varlistentry id="gdbm_load">
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117 | <term><command>gdbm_load</command></term>
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118 | <listitem>
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119 | <para>Recreates a GDBM database from a dump file</para>
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120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbm_load">
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121 | <primary sortas="b-gdbm_load">gdbm_load</primary>
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122 | </indexterm>
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123 | </listitem>
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124 | </varlistentry>
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125 |
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126 | <varlistentry id="gdbmtool">
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127 | <term><command>gdbmtool</command></term>
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128 | <listitem>
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129 | <para>Tests and modifies a GDBM database</para>
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130 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbmtool">
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131 | <primary sortas="b-gdbmtool">gdbmtool</primary>
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132 | </indexterm>
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133 | </listitem>
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134 | </varlistentry>
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135 |
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136 | <varlistentry id="libgdbm">
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137 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm</filename></term>
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138 | <listitem>
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139 | <para>Contains functions to manipulate a hashed database</para>
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140 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm libgdbm">
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141 | <primary sortas="c-libgdbm">libgdbm</primary>
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142 | </indexterm>
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143 | </listitem>
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144 | </varlistentry>
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145 |
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146 | <varlistentry id="libgdbm_compat">
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147 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm_compat</filename></term>
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148 | <listitem>
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149 | <para>Compatibility library containing older DBM functions</para>
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150 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm libgdbm_compat">
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151 | <primary sortas="c-libgdbm_compat">libgdbm_compat</primary>
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152 | </indexterm>
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153 | </listitem>
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154 | </varlistentry>
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155 |
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156 | </variablelist>
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157 |
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158 | </sect2>
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159 |
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160 | </sect1>
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