Trying to build python2.3.3 with db-4.2.52, I get many failures in various tests: 5 tests failed: test_anydbm test_bsddb test_dircache test_shelve test_whichdb all of the same type: test test_whichdb failed -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/packages/python/2.3/python2.3-2.3.3/Lib/test/test_whichdb.py", line 49, in test_whichdb_name f = mod.open(_fname, 'c') File "/home/packages/python/2.3/python2.3-2.3.3/Lib/dbhash.py", line 16, in open return bsddb.hashopen(file, flag, mode) File "/home/packages/python/2.3/python2.3-2.3.3/Lib/bsddb/__init__.py", line 192, in hashopen d.open(file, db.DB_HASH, flags, mode) DBError: (38, 'Function not implemented -- process-private: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented') using db-4.1.25, all the tests succeed. any hints? The build environment is a current Debian GNU/Linux unstable i386 system. Matthias