- Issue #15235: Allow Berkley DB versions up to 5.3 to build the dbm module.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 44a3d14..cdd3162 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Build
 - Issue #14330: For cross builds, don't use host python, use host search paths
   for host compiler.
 
+- Issue #15235: Allow Berkley DB versions up to 5.3 to build the dbm module.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.3.0 Beta 1?
 ==================================
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d654aab..c7c5929 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
         # a release.  Most open source OSes come with one or more
         # versions of BerkeleyDB already installed.
 
-        max_db_ver = (5, 1)
+        max_db_ver = (5, 3)
         min_db_ver = (3, 3)
         db_setup_debug = False   # verbose debug prints from this script?