"Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > En Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:35:14 -0200, waltbrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribi?: > >> On Feb 8, 5:29 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> En Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:36:53 -0200, waltbrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> escribió: >>> >>> > Working through the Mark Lutz book Programming Python 3rd Edition. >>> > A couple of modules in the "Preview" chapter give me errors. Both on a >>> > shelve.open call: >>> >>> shelve uses the anydbm module; anydbm tries to select the best database >>> module available, but apparently fails in your system. >> >> But as I gain experience I'd like to return to this issue and try to >> fix it. Can you give me advice on how to go about that? >> >> I'm working on a win98 system. I have python on a linux system, >> (Kubuntu) and winxp but it's more convenient right now for me to use >> the 98 laptop. > > I've tried the example on WinXP and it runs fine. Looks like the bsddb > package isn't working on Windows98; I don't know if that platform is still > supported or not. Try submitting a bug report http://bugs.python.org > > -- > Gabriel Genellina >
Yeah, I think you're right. I also have no problems with it on XP. 5.1 is supposed to be the last version that get win9x support. Thanks.
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