nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gdbm/default.nix

{ stdenv, fetchurl }:

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "gdbm-1.12";

  src = fetchurl {
    url = "mirror://gnu/gdbm/${name}.tar.gz";
    sha256 = "1smwz4x5qa4js0zf1w3asq6z7mh20zlgwbh2bk5dczw6xrk22yyr";
  };

  doCheck = true;

  configureFlags = [ "--enable-libgdbm-compat" ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "GNU dbm key/value database library";

    longDescription =
      '' 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.
      '';

    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/;
    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
    platforms = platforms.all;
    maintainers = [ maintainers.vrthra ];
  };
}