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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
