compiling Python 1.6a2 using VC++ 6.0

[Tim Peters]

[falk.lehmann at gmx.net.bbs@openbazaar.net]
> I try to compile Python 1.6a2 on a WinNT box using VC++ 6.0.
> All packages except bsddbmodule and socketmodule compile without errors.
>
> When I add the include path of the the db-3.1.14 distribution to
> ..\db-3.1.14\build_win32 the following error messages appear. I have
> tried to include other header files then db.h but nothing works.
> ...

The PCbuild\readme.txt file in the current CVS tree is more explicit about
this:

bsddb
    Python wrapper for the BSD database 1.85.  Requires
    db.1.85.win32.zip, from the "bsd db" link at
        http://www.nightmare.com/software.html

That's the last version anyone ever bothered porting to Windows for Python.