libdbm.a

[Henry Spencer]

In article <8252 at killer.DALLAS.TX.US> jockc at killer.Dallas.TX.US (Jock Cooper) writes:
>I have picked up several packages from the comp/sources/unix archives that seem
>to require a library called libdbm...  Where can I
>get a copy of the source code?  Or can I get it at all? ...

The original dbm was part of Version 7 Unix.  Some descendants of V7 picked
it up; some did not.  It is AT&T licensed software and theoretically cannot
be distributed without AT&T approval.  However...

1. I am told that there is a copy of it in some (all?) recent tapes of
	the X window system.

2. There is a near-public-domain reimplementation currently in beta test,
	which should be available soon.  (No, I'm not the author.)
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