I tried and failed in compile python 3.0 in ubuntu 8.10. Then I found
the scripts in setup.py use "gdbm/ndbm.h" while in ubuntu 8.10 it should
be gdbm-ndbm.h. So I made the following change which make the compiling ok:


setup.py

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<                   and find_file("gdbm/ndbm.h", inc_dirs, []) is not None):
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>                   and find_file("gdbm-ndbm.h", inc_dirs, []) is not None):
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<                                        libraries = ['gdbm'] ) )
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>                                        libraries = ['gdbm',
'gdbm_compat'] ) )


Modules/_dbmodule.c

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< #include <gdbm/ndbm.h>
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> #include <gdbm-ndbm.h>