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diff --git a/gnu/packages/gdbm.scm b/gnu/packages/gdbm.scm index 6159cc25da..a43db9243e 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/gdbm.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/gdbm.scm @@ -40,19 +40,7 @@ (synopsis "Hash library of database functions compatible with traditional dbm") (description - "GNU dbm (or GDBM, for short) is a library of database functions -that use extensible hashing and work similar to the standard UNIX dbm. -These routines are provided to a programmer needing to create and -manipulate a hashed database. - -The basic use of GDBM is to store key/data pairs in a data file. Each -key must be unique and each key is paired with only one data item. - -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. It also support sequential iteration over all key/data pairs in a -database. - -For compatibility with programs using old UNIX dbm function, the package -also provides traditional dbm and ndbm interfaces.") + "GDBM is a library for manipulating hashed databases. It is used to +store key/value pairs in a file in a manner similar to the Unix dbm library +and provides interfaces to the traditional file format.") (license gpl3+))) |