[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-820953 ] dbm Error

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Bugs item #820953, was opened at 2003-10-09 16:13
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Category: Extension Modules
Group: Python 2.2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jim Gifford (giffordj)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: dbm Error

Initial Comment:
Receive the following error during make install of python 
2.3.2. Any suggestions or is it safe to ignore.

building 'dbm' extension
gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -march=pentium2 -mmmx -
O2 -pipe -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -fno-strict-
aliasing -DHAVE_NDBM_H -I. -I/usr/src/Python-
2.3.2/./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/src/Python-
2.3.2/Include -I/usr/src/Python-2.3.2 -
c /usr/src/Python-2.3.2/Modules/dbmmodule.c -o 
build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbmmodule.o
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-
2.3/dbmmodule.o -L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.linux-i686-
2.3/dbm.so
*** WARNING: renaming "dbm" since importing it failed: 
build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/dbm.so: undefined symbol: 
dbm_firstkey
running build_scripts


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>Comment By: Jim Gifford (giffordj)
Date: 2003-10-12 00:42

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Upon further research, when this error occurs installation 
does continue, but libpython2.3.a is never created.

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