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

[Skip Montanaro]

    Matthias> Trying to build python2.3.3 with db-4.2.52, I get many
    Matthias> failures in various tests:

    Matthias> 5 tests failed:
    Matthias>     test_anydbm test_bsddb test_dircache test_shelve test_whichdb

    Matthias> all of the same type:

    Matthias> test test_whichdb failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
    Matthias>   File "/home/packages/python/2.3/python2.3-2.3.3/Lib/test/test_whichdb.py", line 49, in test_whichdb_name
    Matthias>     f = mod.open(_fname, 'c')
    Matthias>   File "/home/packages/python/2.3/python2.3-2.3.3/Lib/dbhash.py", line 16, in open
    Matthias>     return bsddb.hashopen(file, flag, mode)
    Matthias>   File "/home/packages/python/2.3/python2.3-2.3.3/Lib/bsddb/__init__.py", line 192, in hashopen
    Matthias>     d.open(file, db.DB_HASH, flags, mode)
    Matthias> DBError: (38, 'Function not implemented -- process-private: unable to initialize
    Matthias>  environment lock: Function not implemented')

Here an extra data point.  I built Python 2.3.3 with db-4.2.52 last Friday
on Solaris 8 and didn't encounter any problems like this.  Here's a quick
check of test_anydbm:

    $ python /usr/local/lib/python2.3/test/test_anydbm.py
    test_anydbm_creation (__main__.AnyDBMTestCase) ... ok
    test_anydbm_keys (__main__.AnyDBMTestCase) ... ok
    test_anydbm_modification (__main__.AnyDBMTestCase) ... ok
    test_anydbm_read (__main__.AnyDBMTestCase) ... ok

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ran 4 tests in 0.521s

    OK

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