Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> writes: > - exts.append( Extension('dbm', ['dbmmodule.c']) ) > + exts.append( Extension('dbm', ['dbmmodule.c'], > + libraries = ['gdbm']) ) I think this was an alternative for platforms where a dbm library is part of the C library. Your patch would kill those platforms - but it may be that we are talking about the empty set here. Regards, Martin