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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: gdbm woes (was Home for Kash?)
From:       "Michael J. Bedy" <mjbedy () mtu ! edu>
Date:       1999-11-01 14:34:47
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On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Scott Thomas Haug wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I know little of databases under linux, but pbrown suggested using db a few
> msgs ago.
> 
>     DB is used to maintain the entire RPM database on a running system, which I 
>     would consider a "medium-weight" database.  It is more than capable for
>     the task.
> 
> As he also mentioned, it comes with glibc.
> 
> Good luck.  I'm following this project with much interest.
> 
> -Scott
> 

   Yes, I looked at the man pages for DB, and I thought "more trouble than
it's worth." gdbm was much more straightforward. Also, db may come with
glibc, but there are lots of other UNIXes out there.

   Thanks,
      - Mike

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