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To: tsampl@haven.uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius)
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Subject: dbm_pagnfo
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<<On Sun, 18 Dec 94 17:06 PST, tsampl@haven.uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) said:

>   Why is dbm_pagnfo defined as:

> #define dbm_pagnfo      DBM_PAGNFO_NOT_AVAILABLE

> in /usr/include/ndbm.h

Because it doesn't exist any more, and the authors of the `db' package
wanted to save themselves e-mail from people complaining that they
get:

ld: foo.o: undefined symbol `_dbm_pagnfo' referenced from text segment