[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#951457: Please ship gdbm module

[Andras Korn]

Package: zsh
Version: 5.7.1-1+b1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

zshmodules(1) mentions the "zsh/db/gdbm" module, but it's not actually shipped by the package:

% zmodload zsh/db/gdbm
zsh: failed to load module `zsh/db/gdbm': /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/zsh/5.7.1/zsh/db/gdbm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I suppose (paraphrasing xkcd) this module is like a blockchain or a
grappling hook: if you encounter a situation where it's the right solution,
it's very cool, but it happens rarely. :)

I think I have just found such a situation and was disappointed to see that
the gdbm module wasn't available.

Thanks

András

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/etc/minimal-shellrc

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