1 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/db.py b/Lib/bsddb/db.py
index bd62e2b..c3aee30 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/db.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/db.py
@@ -37,15 +37,24 @@
 # case we ever want to augment the stuff in _db in any way.  For now
 # it just simply imports everything from _db.
 
-if __name__.startswith('bsddb3.'):
-    # import _pybsddb binary as it should be the more recent version from
-    # a standalone pybsddb addon package than the version included with
-    # python as bsddb._bsddb.
-    from _pybsddb import *
-    from _pybsddb import __version__
-else:
-    from _bsddb import *
-    from _bsddb import __version__
+import sys
+absolute_import = (sys.version_info[0] >= 3)
 
-if version() < (3, 2, 0):
-    raise ImportError("correct BerkeleyDB symbols not found.  Perhaps python was statically linked with an older version?")
+if not absolute_import :
+    if __name__.startswith('bsddb3.') :
+        # import _pybsddb binary as it should be the more recent version from
+        # a standalone pybsddb addon package than the version included with
+        # python as bsddb._bsddb.
+        from _pybsddb import *
+        from _pybsddb import __version__
+    else:
+        from _bsddb import *
+        from _bsddb import __version__
+else :
+    # Because this syntaxis is not valid before Python 2.5
+    if __name__.startswith('bsddb3.') :
+        exec("from ._pybsddb import *")
+        exec("from ._pybsddb import __version__")
+    else :
+        exec("from ._bsddb import *")
+        exec("from ._bsddb import __version__")