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When building on Debian GNU/Linux unstable, the build fails with:
/home/kalle/src/python/dist/src/Modules/dbmmodule.c:24: #error "No ndbm.h available!"
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1
The *dbm.h files available are
/usr/include/dbm.h
/usr/include/gdbm.h
/usr/include/gdbm-ndbm.h
All are part of the package libgdbmg1-dev.

Forgot to say that it's Python out of CVS, updated Thu Jan 25 21:23:52 CET 2001.

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Python is looking for gdbm/ndbm.h. I could add more logic
to look for gdbm-ndbm.h but I don't think its worth it.
libc6 includes db1 which can be used by dbmmodule.
configure is not finding db1/ndbm.h because ndbm.h includes
db.h. I think it should include db1/db.h instead. So, it
looks like a Debian unstable bug. I'm downloading Debian
libc6_2.2.2-1 right now. Perhaps the bug has been fixed.

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db1/ndbm.h from libc6_2.2.2-1 still includes db.h instead
of db1/db.h. I think I understand the reason now. If you
want to use db1 or gdbm as a dbm compatible database you
have to link with the approprate library. Therefore,
if you should add both -ldb1 and -Idb1.
I've created a patch to setup.py which does this. Andrew?
BTW, I'm not sure if the "if platform not in ['cygwin']"
is needed anymore. I bet it could be removed.

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What does the patch look like? You can probably go ahead
and check it in.
I'd be leery of removing the 'not in "cygwin"' check; ask
Jason Tishler if it's still needed, since he's the Cygwin 
guru.

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Have you fixed this one in 2.1.1 Thomas?

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Have you fixed this one in 2.1.1 Thomas?

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No, I didn't include it in 2.1.1 because I decided I'd 
rather keep it broken on Debian than possibly break it on 
an unknown number of other systems, for a bugfix-release. 
I see no problem with breaking an unknown number of 
systems in 2.2aX though :-)

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Well hurry up then!

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Attached is a patch that fixes things for me. It's pretty
simple so it could probably get into 2.2 yet. I don't know
what happened to Thomas's patch. :-(

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Just to clarify: I _had_ no patch of my own. I tested Neil's
patch, assigned the bug to Neil and was waiting for him to
respond to AMK's questions. Miscommunication somewhere ?

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Neil, are you sure it's a good idea to assign this to
Andrew? I've noticed that he's collected quite a backlog of
bugs & patches. Maybe he needs some relief?

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Yes, Andrew is doomed. :-) I've commited the patch.