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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch
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index 00000000000..29e4521f3f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+This patch allows the dbm module to be built using the compatibility mode of
+gdbm. It will not be needed any more with Python 2.7.4.
+--- setup.py    2013-04-06 00:53:37.000000000 +0200
++++ setup.py.new        2013-04-06 19:55:05.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1158,10 +1158,14 @@
+             for cand in dbm_order:
+                 if cand == "ndbm":
+                     if find_file("ndbm.h", inc_dirs, []) is not None:
+-                        # Some systems have -lndbm, others don't
++                        # Some systems have -lndbm, some have -lgdbm_compat,
++                        # others have no particular linker flags.
+                         if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
+                                                                'ndbm'):
+                             ndbm_libs = ['ndbm']
++                        elif self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
++                                                             'gdbm_compat'):
++                            ndbm_libs = ['gdbm_compat']
+                         else:
+                             ndbm_libs = []
+                         print "building dbm using ndbm"