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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-system-gdbm" role="wrap">
+ <?dbhtml filename="gdbm.html"?>
+
+ <sect1info condition="script">
+ <productname>gdbm</productname>
+ <productnumber>&gdbm-version;</productnumber>
+ <address>&gdbm-url;</address>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm">
+ <primary sortas="a-Gdbm">GDBM</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <sect2 role="package">
+ <title/>
+
+ <para>The GDBM package contains the GNU Database Manager. It is a library
+ of database functions that use extensible hashing and work similar to the
+ standard UNIX dbm. The library provides primitives for storing key/data
+ pairs, searching and retrieving the data by its key and deleting a key
+ along with its data. </para>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>&gdbm-ch6-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&gdbm-ch6-du;</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of GDBM</title>
+
+ <para>First, fix an issue first identified by gcc-10:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -r -i '/^char.*parseopt_program_(doc|args)/d' src/parseopt.c</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Prepare GDBM for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
+ --disable-static \
+ --enable-libgdbm-compat</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><envar>--enable-libgdbm-compat</envar></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This switch enables the libgdbm compatibility library to be
+ built, as some packages outside of LFS may require the older DBM
+ routines it provides.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="contents-gdbm" role="content">
+ <title>Contents of GDBM</title>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>gdbm_dump, gdbm_load, and gdbmtool</seg>
+ <seg>libgdbm.so and libgdbm_compat.so</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+ <varlistentry id="gdbm_dump">
+ <term><command>gdbm_dump</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Dumps a GDBM database to a file</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbm_dump">
+ <primary sortas="b-gdbm_dump">gdbm_dump</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="gdbm_load">
+ <term><command>gdbm_load</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Recreates a GDBM database from a dump file</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbm_load">
+ <primary sortas="b-gdbm_load">gdbm_load</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="gdbmtool">
+ <term><command>gdbmtool</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Tests and modifies a GDBM database</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbmtool">
+ <primary sortas="b-gdbmtool">gdbmtool</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libgdbm">
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Contains functions to manipulate a hashed database</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm libgdbm">
+ <primary sortas="c-libgdbm">libgdbm</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libgdbm_compat">
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm_compat</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Compatibility library containing older DBM functions</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm libgdbm_compat">
+ <primary sortas="c-libgdbm_compat">libgdbm_compat</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>