[Python-Dev] trying to build 2.3.3 with db-4.2.52

[Matthias Klose]

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