Mandrake Linux 9: Why isn't bsddb working?

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> What might I have done wrong, and/or what should I do to fix it? 

    Skip> You probably don't have the necessary -devel RPM installed.

    >> That might have been true while I was using the rpm package.

    >> But currently I'm using the source package Python-2.3.tgz.

Doesn't matter.  The _bsddb module can't be built if the relevant header
files and libraries are not in place.

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