compiling 2.3.5 on ubuntu

[Py PY]

Sorry to be a pest but is there anybody that could help me understand 
a) if any of this is a problem; and b) where I can learn how to fix it.

Thank you very much for any pointers.

On 2006-07-10 11:45:51 -0400, Py PY <pythonwannabe at yahoo.com> said:

> (Apologies if this appears twice. I posted it yesterday and it was held 
> due to a 'suspicious header')
> 
> I'm having a hard time trying to get a couple of tests to pass when 
> compling Python 2.3.5 on Ubuntu Server Edition 6.06 LTS. I'm sure it's 
> not too far removed from the desktop edition but, clearly, I need to 
> tweak something or install some missling libs.
> 
> uname -a
> 
> Linux server 2.6.15-23-server #1 SMP Tue May 23 15:10:35 UTC 2006 i686 
> GNU/Linux
> 
> When I compile Python I get these failing
> 
> 4 skips unexpected on linux2:
>     test_dbm test_mpz test_bsddb test_locale
> 
> I've got libgdbm-dev and libgdbm3 packages installed.
> 
> Help!