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diff --git a/chapter08/gdbm.xml b/chapter08/gdbm.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f953b63f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter08/gdbm.xml @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +<?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> |