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doko42 · doko42 · commit 55aa2f39a302 · 2010-11-26T11:56:26.000Z
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  r85645 | matthias.klose | 2010-10-17 15:22:33 +0200 (Sun, 17 Oct 2010) | 2 lines

  - Accept Oracle Berkeley DB 5.0 and 5.1 as backend for the dbm extension.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Build
 
 - Stop packaging versioncheck tool (already done for rc1).
 
+- Accept Oracle Berkeley DB 4.8, 5.0 and 5.1 as backend for the dbm extension.
+
 Tests
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ def detect_modules(self):
         # a release.  Most open source OSes come with one or more
         # versions of BerkeleyDB already installed.
 
-        max_db_ver = (4, 7)
+        max_db_ver = (5, 1)
         min_db_ver = (3, 3)
         db_setup_debug = False   # verbose debug prints from this script?
 
