summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gnu/packages/gdbm.scm
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/gdbm.scm')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/gdbm.scm56
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gdbm.scm b/gnu/packages/gdbm.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..588b732b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/gdbm.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages gdbm)
+ #:use-module (guix licenses)
+ #:use-module (guix packages)
+ #:use-module (guix download)
+ #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
+
+(define-public gdbm
+ (package
+ (name "gdbm")
+ (version "1.10")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gdbm/gdbm-"
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0h9lfzdjc2yl849y0byg51h6xfjg0y7vg9jnsw3gpfwlbd617y13"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/")
+ (synopsis "GNU dbm key/value database library")
+ (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.")
+ (license gpl3+)))