GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extensible hashing. GDBM is similar in functionality with the standard Unix dbm routines.

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· samp1.cc: Remove.
· gdbm.3, gdbm.texinfo: 1.8.3.
· version.c: Version 1.8.3., modernize string (release date is in American format).
· gdbmreorg.c: Remove small memory leak.
· Makefile.in: Use more subs from configure, remove mention of SunOS. Add support for spec'ing an install time prefix via INSTALL_ROOT.
· INSTALL: Remove extra text from top.
· config.guess, config.sub: Update to latest versions.
· autoconf.h.in: Regenerate.
· configure.in: Modernize.
· systems.h: HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE -> HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE.