Re: [PATCH] gnu: Python: enable the dbm module.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Cyril Roelandt <address@hidden> skribis:

> On 04/06/2013 04:09 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> We also have bdb, so we can use it if that’s what is expected.
>
> Well, I managed to do this with the compatibility mode of gdbm.

Looks good (apparently Debian builds it against bdb, but using gdbm
sounds good: <http://packages.debian.org/sid/python2.7>.)

> Maybe this patch should be merged with the previous one. I think I'll submit 
> it
> to Python.

Yes, even better.

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> +--- setup.py 2013-04-06 00:53:37.000000000 +0200
> ++++ setup.py.new     2013-04-06 19:55:05.000000000 +0200
> +@@ -1158,10 +1158,14 @@
> +             for cand in dbm_order:

Can you add a comment at the beginning of the patch stating what it
does, and what its status is wrt. upstream?

Thanks!

Ludo’.