- Issue #17477: Update the bsddb module to pybsddb 5.3.0, supporting
  db-5.x, and dropping support for db-4.1 and db-4.2.
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/__init__.py b/Lib/bsddb/__init__.py
index ed4deea..13c9c27 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-"""Support for Berkeley DB 4.1 through 4.8 with a simple interface.
+"""Support for Berkeley DB 4.3 through 5.3 with a simple interface.
 
 For the full featured object oriented interface use the bsddb.db module
 instead.  It mirrors the Oracle Berkeley DB C API.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
             except _bsddb.DBCursorClosedError:
                 # the database was modified during iteration.  abort.
                 pass
-# When Python 2.3 not supported in bsddb3, we can change this to "finally"
+# When Python 2.4 not supported in bsddb3, we can change this to "finally"
         except :
             self._in_iter -= 1
             raise
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
             except _bsddb.DBCursorClosedError:
                 # the database was modified during iteration.  abort.
                 pass
-# When Python 2.3 not supported in bsddb3, we can change this to "finally"
+# When Python 2.4 not supported in bsddb3, we can change this to "finally"
         except :
             self._in_iter -= 1
             raise
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/dbobj.py b/Lib/bsddb/dbobj.py
index c7c7322..1400fe1 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/dbobj.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/dbobj.py
@@ -30,12 +30,7 @@
     import db
 
 if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
-    try:
-        from UserDict import DictMixin
-    except ImportError:
-        # DictMixin is new in Python 2.3
-        class DictMixin: pass
-    MutableMapping = DictMixin
+    from UserDict import DictMixin as MutableMapping
 else :
     import collections
     MutableMapping = collections.MutableMapping
@@ -196,6 +191,8 @@
         return self._cobj.set_bt_compare(*args, **kwargs)
     def set_cachesize(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self._cobj.set_cachesize(*args, **kwargs)
+    def set_dup_compare(self, *args, **kwargs) :
+        return self._cobj.set_dup_compare(*args, **kwargs)
     def set_flags(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self._cobj.set_flags(*args, **kwargs)
     def set_h_ffactor(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py b/Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py
index e3f6d4c..85deb13 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
         import cPickle
     else :
-        # When we drop support for python 2.3 and 2.4
+        # When we drop support for python 2.4
         # we could use: (in 2.5 we need a __future__ statement)
         #
         #    with warnings.catch_warnings():
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         #        ...
         #
         # We can not use "with" as is, because it would be invalid syntax
-        # in python 2.3, 2.4 and (with no __future__) 2.5.
+        # in python 2.4 and (with no __future__) 2.5.
         # Here we simulate "with" following PEP 343 :
         import warnings
         w = warnings.catch_warnings()
@@ -65,32 +65,12 @@
             w.__exit__()
         del w
 
-#At version 2.3 cPickle switched to using protocol instead of bin
-if sys.version_info >= (2, 3):
-    HIGHEST_PROTOCOL = cPickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
-# In python 2.3.*, "cPickle.dumps" accepts no
-# named parameters. "pickle.dumps" accepts them,
-# so this seems a bug.
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
-        def _dumps(object, protocol):
-            return cPickle.dumps(object, protocol)
-    else :
-        def _dumps(object, protocol):
-            return cPickle.dumps(object, protocol=protocol)
-
-else:
-    HIGHEST_PROTOCOL = None
-    def _dumps(object, protocol):
-        return cPickle.dumps(object, bin=protocol)
-
+HIGHEST_PROTOCOL = cPickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+def _dumps(object, protocol):
+    return cPickle.dumps(object, protocol=protocol)
 
 if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
-    try:
-        from UserDict import DictMixin
-    except ImportError:
-        # DictMixin is new in Python 2.3
-        class DictMixin: pass
-    MutableMapping = DictMixin
+    from UserDict import DictMixin as MutableMapping
 else :
     import collections
     MutableMapping = collections.MutableMapping
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/dbtables.py b/Lib/bsddb/dbtables.py
index 3ebc68d..e8acdd0 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/dbtables.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/dbtables.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
         import cPickle as pickle
     else :
-        # When we drop support for python 2.3 and 2.4
+        # When we drop support for python 2.4
         # we could use: (in 2.5 we need a __future__ statement)
         #
         #    with warnings.catch_warnings():
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         #        ...
         #
         # We can not use "with" as is, because it would be invalid syntax
-        # in python 2.3, 2.4 and (with no __future__) 2.5.
+        # in python 2.4 and (with no __future__) 2.5.
         # Here we simulate "with" following PEP 343 :
         import warnings
         w = warnings.catch_warnings()
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_all.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_all.py
index e9fe618..caef1ac 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_all.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_all.py
@@ -392,10 +392,8 @@
             return self._dbenv.get_tmp_dir().decode(charset)
 
         def get_data_dirs(self) :
-            # Have to use a list comprehension and not
-            # generators, because we are supporting Python 2.3.
             return tuple(
-                [i.decode(charset) for i in self._dbenv.get_data_dirs()])
+                (i.decode(charset) for i in self._dbenv.get_data_dirs()))
 
     class DBSequence_py3k(object) :
         def __init__(self, db, *args, **kwargs) :
@@ -484,6 +482,8 @@
     print '-=' * 38
     print db.DB_VERSION_STRING
     print 'bsddb.db.version():   %s' % (db.version(), )
+    if db.version() >= (5, 0) :
+        print 'bsddb.db.full_version(): %s' %repr(db.full_version())
     print 'bsddb.db.__version__: %s' % db.__version__
     print 'bsddb.db.cvsid:       %s' % db.cvsid
 
@@ -528,7 +528,8 @@
 
 # This path can be overriden via "set_test_path_prefix()".
 import os, os.path
-get_new_path.prefix=os.path.join(os.sep,"tmp","z-Berkeley_DB")
+get_new_path.prefix=os.path.join(os.environ.get("TMPDIR",
+    os.path.join(os.sep,"tmp")), "z-Berkeley_DB")
 get_new_path.num=0
 
 def get_test_path_prefix() :
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_basics.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_basics.py
index 4d43390..8c44503 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_basics.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_basics.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from pprint import pprint
 import unittest
 import time
+import sys
 
 from test_all import db, test_support, verbose, get_new_environment_path, \
         get_new_database_path
@@ -44,13 +45,6 @@
 
     _numKeys      = 1002    # PRIVATE.  NOTE: must be an even value
 
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-        def assertFalse(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failIf(expr,msg=msg)
-
     def setUp(self):
         if self.useEnv:
             self.homeDir=get_new_environment_path()
@@ -74,7 +68,6 @@
         # create and open the DB
         self.d = db.DB(self.env)
         if not self.useEnv :
-            if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
                 self.d.set_cachesize(*self.cachesize)
                 cachesize = self.d.get_cachesize()
                 self.assertEqual(cachesize[0], self.cachesize[0])
@@ -161,7 +154,6 @@
         try:
             d.delete('abcd')
         except db.DBNotFoundError, val:
-            import sys
             if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
                 self.assertEqual(val[0], db.DB_NOTFOUND)
             else :
@@ -184,7 +176,6 @@
         try:
             d.put('abcd', 'this should fail', flags=db.DB_NOOVERWRITE)
         except db.DBKeyExistError, val:
-            import sys
             if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
                 self.assertEqual(val[0], db.DB_KEYEXIST)
             else :
@@ -338,7 +329,6 @@
                 rec = c.next()
             except db.DBNotFoundError, val:
                 if get_raises_error:
-                    import sys
                     if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
                         self.assertEqual(val[0], db.DB_NOTFOUND)
                     else :
@@ -363,7 +353,6 @@
                 rec = c.prev()
             except db.DBNotFoundError, val:
                 if get_raises_error:
-                    import sys
                     if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
                         self.assertEqual(val[0], db.DB_NOTFOUND)
                     else :
@@ -390,7 +379,6 @@
         try:
             n = c.set('bad key')
         except db.DBNotFoundError, val:
-            import sys
             if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
                 self.assertEqual(val[0], db.DB_NOTFOUND)
             else :
@@ -408,7 +396,6 @@
         try:
             n = c.get_both('0404', 'bad data')
         except db.DBNotFoundError, val:
-            import sys
             if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
                 self.assertEqual(val[0], db.DB_NOTFOUND)
             else :
@@ -441,7 +428,6 @@
             rec = c.current()
         except db.DBKeyEmptyError, val:
             if get_raises_error:
-                import sys
                 if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
                     self.assertEqual(val[0], db.DB_KEYEMPTY)
                 else :
@@ -490,7 +476,6 @@
                 # a bug may cause a NULL pointer dereference...
                 getattr(c, method)(*args)
             except db.DBError, val:
-                import sys
                 if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
                     self.assertEqual(val[0], 0)
                 else :
@@ -712,11 +697,6 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class BasicTransactionTestCase(BasicTestCase):
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            return self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     if (sys.version_info < (2, 7)) or ((sys.version_info >= (3, 0)) and
             (sys.version_info < (3, 2))) :
         def assertIn(self, a, b, msg=None) :
@@ -792,7 +772,6 @@
         for log in logs:
             if verbose:
                 print 'log file: ' + log
-        if db.version() >= (4,2):
             logs = self.env.log_archive(db.DB_ARCH_REMOVE)
             self.assertTrue(not logs)
 
@@ -875,7 +854,6 @@
 
     #----------------------------------------
 
-    if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
         def test_get_tx_max(self) :
             self.assertEqual(self.env.get_tx_max(), 30)
 
@@ -1098,11 +1076,6 @@
 
 
 class PrivateObject(unittest.TestCase) :
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     def tearDown(self) :
         del self.obj
 
@@ -1116,7 +1089,6 @@
         self.assertTrue(a is b)  # Object identity
 
     def test03_leak_assignment(self) :
-        import sys
         a = "example of private object"
         refcount = sys.getrefcount(a)
         self.obj.set_private(a)
@@ -1125,7 +1097,6 @@
         self.assertEqual(refcount, sys.getrefcount(a))
 
     def test04_leak_GC(self) :
-        import sys
         a = "example of private object"
         refcount = sys.getrefcount(a)
         self.obj.set_private(a)
@@ -1141,11 +1112,6 @@
         self.obj = db.DB()
 
 class CrashAndBurn(unittest.TestCase) :
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     #def test01_OpenCrash(self) :
     #    # See http://bugs.python.org/issue3307
     #    self.assertRaises(db.DBInvalidArgError, db.DB, None, 65535)
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_compare.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_compare.py
index db9cd74..cb3b463 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_compare.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_compare.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-TestCases for python DB Btree key comparison function.
+TestCases for python DB duplicate and Btree key comparison function.
 """
 
 import sys, os, re
@@ -20,31 +20,24 @@
 
 lexical_cmp = cmp
 
-def lowercase_cmp(left, right):
-    return cmp (left.lower(), right.lower())
+def lowercase_cmp(left, right) :
+    return cmp(left.lower(), right.lower())
 
-def make_reverse_comparator (cmp):
-    def reverse (left, right, delegate=cmp):
-        return - delegate (left, right)
+def make_reverse_comparator(cmp) :
+    def reverse(left, right, delegate=cmp) :
+        return - delegate(left, right)
     return reverse
 
 _expected_lexical_test_data = ['', 'CCCP', 'a', 'aaa', 'b', 'c', 'cccce', 'ccccf']
 _expected_lowercase_test_data = ['', 'a', 'aaa', 'b', 'c', 'CC', 'cccce', 'ccccf', 'CCCP']
 
-class ComparatorTests (unittest.TestCase):
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None) :
-            return self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
-    def comparator_test_helper (self, comparator, expected_data):
+class ComparatorTests(unittest.TestCase) :
+    def comparator_test_helper(self, comparator, expected_data) :
         data = expected_data[:]
 
         import sys
         if sys.version_info < (2, 6) :
-            if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-                data.sort(comparator)
-            else :
-                data.sort(cmp=comparator)
+            data.sort(cmp=comparator)
         else :  # Insertion Sort. Please, improve
             data2 = []
             for i in data :
@@ -60,143 +53,139 @@
         self.assertEqual(data, expected_data,
                          "comparator `%s' is not right: %s vs. %s"
                          % (comparator, expected_data, data))
-    def test_lexical_comparator (self):
-        self.comparator_test_helper (lexical_cmp, _expected_lexical_test_data)
-    def test_reverse_lexical_comparator (self):
+    def test_lexical_comparator(self) :
+        self.comparator_test_helper(lexical_cmp, _expected_lexical_test_data)
+    def test_reverse_lexical_comparator(self) :
         rev = _expected_lexical_test_data[:]
-        rev.reverse ()
-        self.comparator_test_helper (make_reverse_comparator (lexical_cmp),
+        rev.reverse()
+        self.comparator_test_helper(make_reverse_comparator(lexical_cmp),
                                      rev)
-    def test_lowercase_comparator (self):
-        self.comparator_test_helper (lowercase_cmp,
+    def test_lowercase_comparator(self) :
+        self.comparator_test_helper(lowercase_cmp,
                                      _expected_lowercase_test_data)
 
-class AbstractBtreeKeyCompareTestCase (unittest.TestCase):
+class AbstractBtreeKeyCompareTestCase(unittest.TestCase) :
     env = None
     db = None
 
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     if (sys.version_info < (2, 7)) or ((sys.version_info >= (3,0)) and
             (sys.version_info < (3, 2))) :
         def assertLess(self, a, b, msg=None) :
             return self.assertTrue(a<b, msg=msg)
 
-    def setUp (self):
+    def setUp(self) :
         self.filename = self.__class__.__name__ + '.db'
         self.homeDir = get_new_environment_path()
         env = db.DBEnv()
-        env.open (self.homeDir,
+        env.open(self.homeDir,
                   db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_INIT_MPOOL
                   | db.DB_INIT_LOCK | db.DB_THREAD)
         self.env = env
 
-    def tearDown (self):
+    def tearDown(self) :
         self.closeDB()
         if self.env is not None:
             self.env.close()
             self.env = None
         test_support.rmtree(self.homeDir)
 
-    def addDataToDB (self, data):
+    def addDataToDB(self, data) :
         i = 0
         for item in data:
-            self.db.put (item, str (i))
+            self.db.put(item, str(i))
             i = i + 1
 
-    def createDB (self, key_comparator):
-        self.db = db.DB (self.env)
-        self.setupDB (key_comparator)
-        self.db.open (self.filename, "test", db.DB_BTREE, db.DB_CREATE)
+    def createDB(self, key_comparator) :
+        self.db = db.DB(self.env)
+        self.setupDB(key_comparator)
+        self.db.open(self.filename, "test", db.DB_BTREE, db.DB_CREATE)
 
-    def setupDB (self, key_comparator):
-        self.db.set_bt_compare (key_comparator)
+    def setupDB(self, key_comparator) :
+        self.db.set_bt_compare(key_comparator)
 
-    def closeDB (self):
+    def closeDB(self) :
         if self.db is not None:
-            self.db.close ()
+            self.db.close()
             self.db = None
 
-    def startTest (self):
+    def startTest(self) :
         pass
 
-    def finishTest (self, expected = None):
+    def finishTest(self, expected = None) :
         if expected is not None:
-            self.check_results (expected)
-        self.closeDB ()
+            self.check_results(expected)
+        self.closeDB()
 
-    def check_results (self, expected):
-        curs = self.db.cursor ()
+    def check_results(self, expected) :
+        curs = self.db.cursor()
         try:
             index = 0
-            rec = curs.first ()
+            rec = curs.first()
             while rec:
                 key, ignore = rec
-                self.assertLess(index, len (expected),
+                self.assertLess(index, len(expected),
                                  "to many values returned from cursor")
                 self.assertEqual(expected[index], key,
                                  "expected value `%s' at %d but got `%s'"
                                  % (expected[index], index, key))
                 index = index + 1
-                rec = curs.next ()
-            self.assertEqual(index, len (expected),
+                rec = curs.next()
+            self.assertEqual(index, len(expected),
                              "not enough values returned from cursor")
         finally:
-            curs.close ()
+            curs.close()
 
-class BtreeKeyCompareTestCase (AbstractBtreeKeyCompareTestCase):
-    def runCompareTest (self, comparator, data):
-        self.startTest ()
-        self.createDB (comparator)
-        self.addDataToDB (data)
-        self.finishTest (data)
+class BtreeKeyCompareTestCase(AbstractBtreeKeyCompareTestCase) :
+    def runCompareTest(self, comparator, data) :
+        self.startTest()
+        self.createDB(comparator)
+        self.addDataToDB(data)
+        self.finishTest(data)
 
-    def test_lexical_ordering (self):
-        self.runCompareTest (lexical_cmp, _expected_lexical_test_data)
+    def test_lexical_ordering(self) :
+        self.runCompareTest(lexical_cmp, _expected_lexical_test_data)
 
-    def test_reverse_lexical_ordering (self):
+    def test_reverse_lexical_ordering(self) :
         expected_rev_data = _expected_lexical_test_data[:]
-        expected_rev_data.reverse ()
-        self.runCompareTest (make_reverse_comparator (lexical_cmp),
+        expected_rev_data.reverse()
+        self.runCompareTest(make_reverse_comparator(lexical_cmp),
                              expected_rev_data)
 
-    def test_compare_function_useless (self):
-        self.startTest ()
-        def socialist_comparator (l, r):
+    def test_compare_function_useless(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        def socialist_comparator(l, r) :
             return 0
-        self.createDB (socialist_comparator)
-        self.addDataToDB (['b', 'a', 'd'])
+        self.createDB(socialist_comparator)
+        self.addDataToDB(['b', 'a', 'd'])
         # all things being equal the first key will be the only key
         # in the database...  (with the last key's value fwiw)
-        self.finishTest (['b'])
+        self.finishTest(['b'])
 
 
-class BtreeExceptionsTestCase (AbstractBtreeKeyCompareTestCase):
-    def test_raises_non_callable (self):
-        self.startTest ()
-        self.assertRaises (TypeError, self.createDB, 'abc')
-        self.assertRaises (TypeError, self.createDB, None)
-        self.finishTest ()
+class BtreeExceptionsTestCase(AbstractBtreeKeyCompareTestCase) :
+    def test_raises_non_callable(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.createDB, 'abc')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.createDB, None)
+        self.finishTest()
 
-    def test_set_bt_compare_with_function (self):
-        self.startTest ()
-        self.createDB (lexical_cmp)
-        self.finishTest ()
+    def test_set_bt_compare_with_function(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        self.createDB(lexical_cmp)
+        self.finishTest()
 
-    def check_results (self, results):
+    def check_results(self, results) :
         pass
 
-    def test_compare_function_incorrect (self):
-        self.startTest ()
-        def bad_comparator (l, r):
+    def test_compare_function_incorrect(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        def bad_comparator(l, r) :
             return 1
         # verify that set_bt_compare checks that comparator('', '') == 0
-        self.assertRaises (TypeError, self.createDB, bad_comparator)
-        self.finishTest ()
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.createDB, bad_comparator)
+        self.finishTest()
 
-    def verifyStderr(self, method, successRe):
+    def verifyStderr(self, method, successRe) :
         """
         Call method() while capturing sys.stderr output internally and
         call self.fail() if successRe.search() does not match the stderr
@@ -210,64 +199,249 @@
             temp = sys.stderr
             sys.stderr = stdErr
             errorOut = temp.getvalue()
-            if not successRe.search(errorOut):
+            if not successRe.search(errorOut) :
                 self.fail("unexpected stderr output:\n"+errorOut)
         if sys.version_info < (3, 0) :  # XXX: How to do this in Py3k ???
             sys.exc_traceback = sys.last_traceback = None
 
-    def _test_compare_function_exception (self):
-        self.startTest ()
-        def bad_comparator (l, r):
+    def _test_compare_function_exception(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        def bad_comparator(l, r) :
             if l == r:
                 # pass the set_bt_compare test
                 return 0
             raise RuntimeError, "i'm a naughty comparison function"
-        self.createDB (bad_comparator)
+        self.createDB(bad_comparator)
         #print "\n*** test should print 2 uncatchable tracebacks ***"
-        self.addDataToDB (['a', 'b', 'c'])  # this should raise, but...
-        self.finishTest ()
+        self.addDataToDB(['a', 'b', 'c'])  # this should raise, but...
+        self.finishTest()
 
-    def test_compare_function_exception(self):
+    def test_compare_function_exception(self) :
         self.verifyStderr(
                 self._test_compare_function_exception,
                 re.compile('(^RuntimeError:.* naughty.*){2}', re.M|re.S)
         )
 
-    def _test_compare_function_bad_return (self):
-        self.startTest ()
-        def bad_comparator (l, r):
+    def _test_compare_function_bad_return(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        def bad_comparator(l, r) :
             if l == r:
                 # pass the set_bt_compare test
                 return 0
             return l
-        self.createDB (bad_comparator)
+        self.createDB(bad_comparator)
         #print "\n*** test should print 2 errors about returning an int ***"
-        self.addDataToDB (['a', 'b', 'c'])  # this should raise, but...
-        self.finishTest ()
+        self.addDataToDB(['a', 'b', 'c'])  # this should raise, but...
+        self.finishTest()
 
-    def test_compare_function_bad_return(self):
+    def test_compare_function_bad_return(self) :
         self.verifyStderr(
                 self._test_compare_function_bad_return,
                 re.compile('(^TypeError:.* return an int.*){2}', re.M|re.S)
         )
 
 
-    def test_cannot_assign_twice (self):
+    def test_cannot_assign_twice(self) :
 
-        def my_compare (a, b):
+        def my_compare(a, b) :
             return 0
 
         self.startTest()
         self.createDB(my_compare)
-        self.assertRaises (RuntimeError, self.db.set_bt_compare, my_compare)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, self.db.set_bt_compare, my_compare)
 
-def test_suite ():
-    res = unittest.TestSuite ()
+class AbstractDuplicateCompareTestCase(unittest.TestCase) :
+    env = None
+    db = None
 
-    res.addTest (unittest.makeSuite (ComparatorTests))
-    res.addTest (unittest.makeSuite (BtreeExceptionsTestCase))
-    res.addTest (unittest.makeSuite (BtreeKeyCompareTestCase))
+    if (sys.version_info < (2, 7)) or ((sys.version_info >= (3,0)) and
+            (sys.version_info < (3, 2))) :
+        def assertLess(self, a, b, msg=None) :
+            return self.assertTrue(a<b, msg=msg)
+
+    def setUp(self) :
+        self.filename = self.__class__.__name__ + '.db'
+        self.homeDir = get_new_environment_path()
+        env = db.DBEnv()
+        env.open(self.homeDir,
+                  db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_INIT_MPOOL
+                  | db.DB_INIT_LOCK | db.DB_THREAD)
+        self.env = env
+
+    def tearDown(self) :
+        self.closeDB()
+        if self.env is not None:
+            self.env.close()
+            self.env = None
+        test_support.rmtree(self.homeDir)
+
+    def addDataToDB(self, data) :
+        for item in data:
+            self.db.put("key", item)
+
+    def createDB(self, dup_comparator) :
+        self.db = db.DB(self.env)
+        self.setupDB(dup_comparator)
+        self.db.open(self.filename, "test", db.DB_BTREE, db.DB_CREATE)
+
+    def setupDB(self, dup_comparator) :
+        self.db.set_flags(db.DB_DUPSORT)
+        self.db.set_dup_compare(dup_comparator)
+
+    def closeDB(self) :
+        if self.db is not None:
+            self.db.close()
+            self.db = None
+
+    def startTest(self) :
+        pass
+
+    def finishTest(self, expected = None) :
+        if expected is not None:
+            self.check_results(expected)
+        self.closeDB()
+
+    def check_results(self, expected) :
+        curs = self.db.cursor()
+        try:
+            index = 0
+            rec = curs.first()
+            while rec:
+                ignore, data = rec
+                self.assertLess(index, len(expected),
+                                 "to many values returned from cursor")
+                self.assertEqual(expected[index], data,
+                                 "expected value `%s' at %d but got `%s'"
+                                 % (expected[index], index, data))
+                index = index + 1
+                rec = curs.next()
+            self.assertEqual(index, len(expected),
+                             "not enough values returned from cursor")
+        finally:
+            curs.close()
+
+class DuplicateCompareTestCase(AbstractDuplicateCompareTestCase) :
+    def runCompareTest(self, comparator, data) :
+        self.startTest()
+        self.createDB(comparator)
+        self.addDataToDB(data)
+        self.finishTest(data)
+
+    def test_lexical_ordering(self) :
+        self.runCompareTest(lexical_cmp, _expected_lexical_test_data)
+
+    def test_reverse_lexical_ordering(self) :
+        expected_rev_data = _expected_lexical_test_data[:]
+        expected_rev_data.reverse()
+        self.runCompareTest(make_reverse_comparator(lexical_cmp),
+                             expected_rev_data)
+
+class DuplicateExceptionsTestCase(AbstractDuplicateCompareTestCase) :
+    def test_raises_non_callable(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.createDB, 'abc')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.createDB, None)
+        self.finishTest()
+
+    def test_set_dup_compare_with_function(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        self.createDB(lexical_cmp)
+        self.finishTest()
+
+    def check_results(self, results) :
+        pass
+
+    def test_compare_function_incorrect(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        def bad_comparator(l, r) :
+            return 1
+        # verify that set_dup_compare checks that comparator('', '') == 0
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.createDB, bad_comparator)
+        self.finishTest()
+
+    def test_compare_function_useless(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        def socialist_comparator(l, r) :
+            return 0
+        self.createDB(socialist_comparator)
+        # DUPSORT does not allow "duplicate duplicates"
+        self.assertRaises(db.DBKeyExistError, self.addDataToDB, ['b', 'a', 'd'])
+        self.finishTest()
+
+    def verifyStderr(self, method, successRe) :
+        """
+        Call method() while capturing sys.stderr output internally and
+        call self.fail() if successRe.search() does not match the stderr
+        output.  This is used to test for uncatchable exceptions.
+        """
+        stdErr = sys.stderr
+        sys.stderr = StringIO()
+        try:
+            method()
+        finally:
+            temp = sys.stderr
+            sys.stderr = stdErr
+            errorOut = temp.getvalue()
+            if not successRe.search(errorOut) :
+                self.fail("unexpected stderr output:\n"+errorOut)
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 0) :  # XXX: How to do this in Py3k ???
+            sys.exc_traceback = sys.last_traceback = None
+
+    def _test_compare_function_exception(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        def bad_comparator(l, r) :
+            if l == r:
+                # pass the set_dup_compare test
+                return 0
+            raise RuntimeError, "i'm a naughty comparison function"
+        self.createDB(bad_comparator)
+        #print "\n*** test should print 2 uncatchable tracebacks ***"
+        self.addDataToDB(['a', 'b', 'c'])  # this should raise, but...
+        self.finishTest()
+
+    def test_compare_function_exception(self) :
+        self.verifyStderr(
+                self._test_compare_function_exception,
+                re.compile('(^RuntimeError:.* naughty.*){2}', re.M|re.S)
+        )
+
+    def _test_compare_function_bad_return(self) :
+        self.startTest()
+        def bad_comparator(l, r) :
+            if l == r:
+                # pass the set_dup_compare test
+                return 0
+            return l
+        self.createDB(bad_comparator)
+        #print "\n*** test should print 2 errors about returning an int ***"
+        self.addDataToDB(['a', 'b', 'c'])  # this should raise, but...
+        self.finishTest()
+
+    def test_compare_function_bad_return(self) :
+        self.verifyStderr(
+                self._test_compare_function_bad_return,
+                re.compile('(^TypeError:.* return an int.*){2}', re.M|re.S)
+        )
+
+
+    def test_cannot_assign_twice(self) :
+
+        def my_compare(a, b) :
+            return 0
+
+        self.startTest()
+        self.createDB(my_compare)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, self.db.set_dup_compare, my_compare)
+
+def test_suite() :
+    res = unittest.TestSuite()
+
+    res.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ComparatorTests))
+    res.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(BtreeExceptionsTestCase))
+    res.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(BtreeKeyCompareTestCase))
+    res.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(DuplicateExceptionsTestCase))
+    res.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(DuplicateCompareTestCase))
     return res
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main (defaultTest = 'suite')
+    unittest.main(defaultTest = 'suite')
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_db.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_db.py
index 8d3a32b..98705fe 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_db.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_db.py
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class DB(unittest.TestCase):
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     def setUp(self):
         self.path = get_new_database_path()
         self.db = db.DB()
@@ -19,10 +14,28 @@
     def tearDown(self):
         self.db.close()
         del self.db
-        test_support.rmtree(self.path)
+        test_support.unlink(self.path)
 
 class DB_general(DB) :
-    if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
+    def test_get_open_flags(self) :
+        self.db.open(self.path, dbtype=db.DB_HASH, flags = db.DB_CREATE)
+        self.assertEqual(db.DB_CREATE, self.db.get_open_flags())
+
+    def test_get_open_flags2(self) :
+        self.db.open(self.path, dbtype=db.DB_HASH, flags = db.DB_CREATE |
+                db.DB_THREAD)
+        self.assertEqual(db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_THREAD, self.db.get_open_flags())
+
+    def test_get_dbname_filename(self) :
+        self.db.open(self.path, dbtype=db.DB_HASH, flags = db.DB_CREATE)
+        self.assertEqual((self.path, None), self.db.get_dbname())
+
+    def test_get_dbname_filename_database(self) :
+        name = "jcea-random-name"
+        self.db.open(self.path, dbname=name, dbtype=db.DB_HASH,
+                flags = db.DB_CREATE)
+        self.assertEqual((self.path, name), self.db.get_dbname())
+
         def test_bt_minkey(self) :
             for i in [17, 108, 1030] :
                 self.db.set_bt_minkey(i)
@@ -44,8 +57,12 @@
                 self.db.set_priority(flag)
                 self.assertEqual(flag, self.db.get_priority())
 
+    def test_get_transactional(self) :
+        self.assertFalse(self.db.get_transactional())
+        self.db.open(self.path, dbtype=db.DB_HASH, flags = db.DB_CREATE)
+        self.assertFalse(self.db.get_transactional())
+
 class DB_hash(DB) :
-    if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
         def test_h_ffactor(self) :
             for ffactor in [4, 16, 256] :
                 self.db.set_h_ffactor(ffactor)
@@ -84,7 +101,6 @@
         del self.env
         test_support.rmtree(self.homeDir)
 
-    if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
         def test_flags(self) :
             self.db.set_flags(db.DB_CHKSUM)
             self.assertEqual(db.DB_CHKSUM, self.db.get_flags())
@@ -92,8 +108,14 @@
             self.assertEqual(db.DB_TXN_NOT_DURABLE | db.DB_CHKSUM,
                     self.db.get_flags())
 
+    def test_get_transactional(self) :
+        self.assertFalse(self.db.get_transactional())
+        # DB_AUTO_COMMIT = Implicit transaction
+        self.db.open("XXX", dbtype=db.DB_HASH,
+                flags = db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_AUTO_COMMIT)
+        self.assertTrue(self.db.get_transactional())
+
 class DB_recno(DB) :
-    if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
         def test_re_pad(self) :
             for i in [' ', '*'] :  # Check chars
                 self.db.set_re_pad(i)
@@ -116,7 +138,6 @@
                 self.assertEqual(i, self.db.get_re_source())
 
 class DB_queue(DB) :
-    if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
         def test_re_len(self) :
             for i in [33, 65, 300, 2000] :
                 self.db.set_re_len(i)
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbenv.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbenv.py
index 37281df..76ef7db 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbenv.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbenv.py
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class DBEnv(unittest.TestCase):
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
-        def assertFalse(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failIf(expr,msg=msg)
-
     def setUp(self):
         self.homeDir = get_new_environment_path()
         self.env = db.DBEnv()
@@ -25,12 +17,31 @@
         test_support.rmtree(self.homeDir)
 
 class DBEnv_general(DBEnv) :
+    def test_get_open_flags(self) :
+        flags = db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_INIT_MPOOL
+        self.env.open(self.homeDir, flags)
+        self.assertEqual(flags, self.env.get_open_flags())
+
+    def test_get_open_flags2(self) :
+        flags = db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_INIT_MPOOL | \
+                db.DB_INIT_LOCK | db.DB_THREAD
+        self.env.open(self.homeDir, flags)
+        self.assertEqual(flags, self.env.get_open_flags())
+
     if db.version() >= (4, 7) :
         def test_lk_partitions(self) :
             for i in [10, 20, 40] :
                 self.env.set_lk_partitions(i)
                 self.assertEqual(i, self.env.get_lk_partitions())
 
+        def test_getset_intermediate_dir_mode(self) :
+            self.assertEqual(None, self.env.get_intermediate_dir_mode())
+            for mode in ["rwx------", "rw-rw-rw-", "rw-r--r--"] :
+                self.env.set_intermediate_dir_mode(mode)
+                self.assertEqual(mode, self.env.get_intermediate_dir_mode())
+            self.assertRaises(db.DBInvalidArgError,
+                    self.env.set_intermediate_dir_mode, "abcde")
+
     if db.version() >= (4, 6) :
         def test_thread(self) :
             for i in [16, 100, 1000] :
@@ -58,21 +69,19 @@
                 self.env.set_lg_filemode(i)
                 self.assertEqual(i, self.env.get_lg_filemode())
 
-    if db.version() >= (4, 3) :
-        def test_mp_max_openfd(self) :
-            for i in [17, 31, 42] :
-                self.env.set_mp_max_openfd(i)
-                self.assertEqual(i, self.env.get_mp_max_openfd())
+    def test_mp_max_openfd(self) :
+        for i in [17, 31, 42] :
+            self.env.set_mp_max_openfd(i)
+            self.assertEqual(i, self.env.get_mp_max_openfd())
 
-        def test_mp_max_write(self) :
-            for i in [100, 200, 300] :
-                for j in [1, 2, 3] :
-                    j *= 1000000
-                    self.env.set_mp_max_write(i, j)
-                    v=self.env.get_mp_max_write()
-                    self.assertEqual((i, j), v)
+    def test_mp_max_write(self) :
+        for i in [100, 200, 300] :
+            for j in [1, 2, 3] :
+                j *= 1000000
+                self.env.set_mp_max_write(i, j)
+                v=self.env.get_mp_max_write()
+                self.assertEqual((i, j), v)
 
-    if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
         def test_invalid_txn(self) :
             # This environment doesn't support transactions
             self.assertRaises(db.DBInvalidArgError, self.env.txn_begin)
@@ -115,7 +124,7 @@
                 self.assertEqual(i, self.env.get_lk_max_lockers())
 
         def test_lg_regionmax(self) :
-            for i in [128, 256, 1024] :
+            for i in [128, 256, 1000] :
                 i = i*1024*1024
                 self.env.set_lg_regionmax(i)
                 j = self.env.get_lg_regionmax()
@@ -127,8 +136,7 @@
                     db.DB_LOCK_MINLOCKS, db.DB_LOCK_MINWRITE,
                     db.DB_LOCK_OLDEST, db.DB_LOCK_RANDOM, db.DB_LOCK_YOUNGEST]
 
-            if db.version() >= (4, 3) :
-                flags.append(db.DB_LOCK_MAXWRITE)
+            flags.append(db.DB_LOCK_MAXWRITE)
 
             for i in flags :
                 self.env.set_lk_detect(i)
@@ -172,8 +180,12 @@
             self.env.open(self.homeDir, db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_INIT_MPOOL)
             cachesize = (0, 2*1024*1024, 1)
             self.assertRaises(db.DBInvalidArgError,
-                self.env.set_cachesize, *cachesize)
-            self.assertEqual(cachesize2, self.env.get_cachesize())
+                              self.env.set_cachesize, *cachesize)
+            cachesize3 = self.env.get_cachesize()
+            self.assertEqual(cachesize2[0], cachesize3[0])
+            self.assertEqual(cachesize2[2], cachesize3[2])
+            # In Berkeley DB 5.1, the cachesize can change when opening the Env
+            self.assertTrue(cachesize2[1] <= cachesize3[1])
 
         def test_set_cachesize_dbenv_db(self) :
             # You can not configure the cachesize using
@@ -305,7 +317,7 @@
         self.env.open(self.homeDir, db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_INIT_MPOOL |
                 db.DB_INIT_LOG | db.DB_INIT_TXN)
 
-    if db.version() >= (4, 5) :
+    if (db.version() >= (4, 5)) and (db.version() < (5, 2)) :
         def test_tx_max(self) :
             txns=[]
             def tx() :
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbshelve.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbshelve.py
index c0135fe..c3701e1 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbshelve.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbshelve.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-    from sets import Set as set
-
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -33,10 +30,6 @@
 
 
 class DBShelveTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            return self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     if (sys.version_info < (2, 7)) or ((sys.version_info >= (3, 0)) and
             (sys.version_info < (3, 2))) :
         def assertIn(self, a, b, msg=None) :
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_distributed_transactions.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_distributed_transactions.py
index 1711fc5..3466d7a 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_distributed_transactions.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_distributed_transactions.py
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@
 from test_all import db, test_support, get_new_environment_path, \
         get_new_database_path
 
-try :
-    a=set()
-except : # Python 2.3
-    from sets import Set as set
-else :
-    del a
-
 from test_all import verbose
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -37,15 +30,11 @@
         self.db = db.DB(self.dbenv)
         self.db.set_re_len(db.DB_GID_SIZE)
         if must_open_db :
-            if db.version() >= (4,2) :
                 txn=self.dbenv.txn_begin()
                 self.db.open(self.filename,
                         db.DB_QUEUE, db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_THREAD, 0666,
                         txn=txn)
                 txn.commit()
-            else :
-                self.db.open(self.filename,
-                        db.DB_QUEUE, db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_THREAD, 0666)
 
     def setUp(self) :
         self.homeDir = get_new_environment_path()
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_early_close.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_early_close.py
index 86b86dc..e925279 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_early_close.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_early_close.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
             txn.commit()
             warnings.resetwarnings()
         else :
-            # When we drop support for python 2.3 and 2.4
+            # When we drop support for python 2.4
             # we could use: (in 2.5 we need a __future__ statement)
             #
             #    with warnings.catch_warnings():
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
             #        txn.commit()
             #
             # We can not use "with" as is, because it would be invalid syntax
-            # in python 2.3, 2.4 and (with no __future__) 2.5.
+            # in python 2.4 and (with no __future__) 2.5.
             # Here we simulate "with" following PEP 343 :
             w = warnings.catch_warnings()
             w.__enter__()
@@ -194,15 +194,14 @@
 
         self.assertRaises(db.DBCursorClosedError, c2.first)
 
-    if db.version() > (4,3,0) :
-        def test07_close_db_before_sequence(self):
-            import os.path
-            path=os.path.join(self.homeDir,self.filename)
-            d = db.DB()
-            d.open(path, db.DB_BTREE, db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_THREAD, 0666)
-            dbs=db.DBSequence(d)
-            d.close()  # This "close" should close the child DBSequence also
-            dbs.close()  # If not closed, core dump (in Berkeley DB 4.6.*)
+    def test07_close_db_before_sequence(self):
+        import os.path
+        path=os.path.join(self.homeDir,self.filename)
+        d = db.DB()
+        d.open(path, db.DB_BTREE, db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_THREAD, 0666)
+        dbs=db.DBSequence(d)
+        d.close()  # This "close" should close the child DBSequence also
+        dbs.close()  # If not closed, core dump (in Berkeley DB 4.6.*)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_lock.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_lock.py
index 25260fc..10ca8d6 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_lock.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_lock.py
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class LockingTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
-
     def setUp(self):
         self.homeDir = get_new_environment_path()
         self.env = db.DBEnv()
@@ -89,7 +83,6 @@
         for t in threads:
             t.join()
 
-    if db.version() >= (4, 2) :
         def test03_lock_timeout(self):
             self.env.set_timeout(0, db.DB_SET_LOCK_TIMEOUT)
             self.assertEqual(self.env.get_timeout(db.DB_SET_LOCK_TIMEOUT), 0)
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
index 8dda296..b1e928f 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class MiscTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr, msg=msg)
-
-        def assertFalse(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failIf(expr, msg=msg)
-
     def setUp(self):
         self.filename = get_new_database_path()
         self.homeDir = get_new_environment_path()
@@ -97,10 +90,6 @@
             test_support.unlink(self.filename)
 
     def test07_DB_set_flags_persists(self):
-        if db.version() < (4,2):
-            # The get_flags API required for this to work is only available
-            # in Berkeley DB >= 4.2
-            return
         try:
             db1 = db.DB()
             db1.set_flags(db.DB_DUPSORT)
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_queue.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_queue.py
index 251a8cf..c213ff4 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_queue.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_queue.py
@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@
             print '\n', '-=' * 30
             print "Running %s.test02_basicPost32..." % self.__class__.__name__
 
-        if db.version() < (3, 2, 0):
-            if verbose:
-                print "Test not run, DB not new enough..."
-            return
-
         d = db.DB()
         d.set_re_len(40)  # Queues must be fixed length
         d.open(self.filename, db.DB_QUEUE, db.DB_CREATE)
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_recno.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_recno.py
index 3191fdc..fb6956a 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_recno.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_recno.py
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class SimpleRecnoTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertFalse(self, expr, msg=None) :
-            return self.failIf(expr,msg=msg)
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None) :
-            return self.assertTrue(expr, msg=msg)
-
     if (sys.version_info < (2, 7)) or ((sys.version_info >= (3, 0)) and
             (sys.version_info < (3, 2))) :
         def assertIsInstance(self, obj, datatype, msg=None) :
@@ -236,7 +230,9 @@
         d.close()
 
         # get the text from the backing source
-        text = open(source, 'r').read()
+        f = open(source, 'r')
+        text = f.read()
+        f.close()
         text = text.strip()
         if verbose:
             print text
@@ -256,7 +252,9 @@
         d.sync()
         d.close()
 
-        text = open(source, 'r').read()
+        f = open(source, 'r')
+        text = f.read()
+        f.close()
         text = text.strip()
         if verbose:
             print text
@@ -298,6 +296,18 @@
         c.close()
         d.close()
 
+    def test04_get_size_empty(self) :
+        d = db.DB()
+        d.open(self.filename, dbtype=db.DB_RECNO, flags=db.DB_CREATE)
+
+        row_id = d.append(' ')
+        self.assertEqual(1, d.get_size(key=row_id))
+        row_id = d.append('')
+        self.assertEqual(0, d.get_size(key=row_id))
+
+
+
+
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_replication.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_replication.py
index f3e974f..12ab2dd 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_replication.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_replication.py
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class DBReplication(unittest.TestCase) :
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     def setUp(self) :
         self.homeDirMaster = get_new_environment_path()
         self.homeDirClient = get_new_environment_path()
@@ -76,13 +71,57 @@
 class DBReplicationManager(DBReplication) :
     def test01_basic_replication(self) :
         master_port = test_support.find_unused_port()
-        self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_set_local_site("127.0.0.1", master_port)
         client_port = test_support.find_unused_port()
-        self.dbenvClient.repmgr_set_local_site("127.0.0.1", client_port)
-        self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_add_remote_site("127.0.0.1", client_port)
-        self.dbenvClient.repmgr_add_remote_site("127.0.0.1", master_port)
-        self.dbenvMaster.rep_set_nsites(2)
-        self.dbenvClient.rep_set_nsites(2)
+        if db.version() >= (5, 2) :
+            self.site = self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_site("127.0.0.1", master_port)
+            self.site.set_config(db.DB_GROUP_CREATOR, True)
+            self.site.set_config(db.DB_LOCAL_SITE, True)
+            self.site2 = self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_site("127.0.0.1", client_port)
+
+            self.site3 = self.dbenvClient.repmgr_site("127.0.0.1", master_port)
+            self.site3.set_config(db.DB_BOOTSTRAP_HELPER, True)
+            self.site4 = self.dbenvClient.repmgr_site("127.0.0.1", client_port)
+            self.site4.set_config(db.DB_LOCAL_SITE, True)
+
+            d = {
+                    db.DB_BOOTSTRAP_HELPER: [False, False, True, False],
+                    db.DB_GROUP_CREATOR: [True, False, False, False],
+                    db.DB_LEGACY: [False, False, False, False],
+                    db.DB_LOCAL_SITE: [True, False, False, True],
+                    db.DB_REPMGR_PEER: [False, False, False, False ],
+                }
+
+            for i, j in d.items() :
+                for k, v in \
+                        zip([self.site, self.site2, self.site3, self.site4], j) :
+                    if v :
+                        self.assertTrue(k.get_config(i))
+                    else :
+                        self.assertFalse(k.get_config(i))
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(self.site.get_eid(), self.site2.get_eid())
+            self.assertNotEqual(self.site3.get_eid(), self.site4.get_eid())
+
+            for i, j in zip([self.site, self.site2, self.site3, self.site4], \
+                    [master_port, client_port, master_port, client_port]) :
+                addr = i.get_address()
+                self.assertEqual(addr, ("127.0.0.1", j))
+
+            for i in [self.site, self.site2] :
+                self.assertEqual(i.get_address(),
+                        self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_site_by_eid(i.get_eid()).get_address())
+            for i in [self.site3, self.site4] :
+                self.assertEqual(i.get_address(),
+                        self.dbenvClient.repmgr_site_by_eid(i.get_eid()).get_address())
+        else :
+            self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_set_local_site("127.0.0.1", master_port)
+            self.dbenvClient.repmgr_set_local_site("127.0.0.1", client_port)
+            self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_add_remote_site("127.0.0.1", client_port)
+            self.dbenvClient.repmgr_add_remote_site("127.0.0.1", master_port)
+
+            self.dbenvMaster.rep_set_nsites(2)
+            self.dbenvClient.rep_set_nsites(2)
+
         self.dbenvMaster.rep_set_priority(10)
         self.dbenvClient.rep_set_priority(0)
 
@@ -144,17 +183,19 @@
 
         d = self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_site_list()
         self.assertEqual(len(d), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(d[0][0], "127.0.0.1")
-        self.assertEqual(d[0][1], client_port)
-        self.assertTrue((d[0][2]==db.DB_REPMGR_CONNECTED) or \
-                (d[0][2]==db.DB_REPMGR_DISCONNECTED))
+        d = d.values()[0]  # There is only one
+        self.assertEqual(d[0], "127.0.0.1")
+        self.assertEqual(d[1], client_port)
+        self.assertTrue((d[2]==db.DB_REPMGR_CONNECTED) or \
+                (d[2]==db.DB_REPMGR_DISCONNECTED))
 
         d = self.dbenvClient.repmgr_site_list()
         self.assertEqual(len(d), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(d[0][0], "127.0.0.1")
-        self.assertEqual(d[0][1], master_port)
-        self.assertTrue((d[0][2]==db.DB_REPMGR_CONNECTED) or \
-                (d[0][2]==db.DB_REPMGR_DISCONNECTED))
+        d = d.values()[0]  # There is only one
+        self.assertEqual(d[0], "127.0.0.1")
+        self.assertEqual(d[1], master_port)
+        self.assertTrue((d[2]==db.DB_REPMGR_CONNECTED) or \
+                (d[2]==db.DB_REPMGR_DISCONNECTED))
 
         if db.version() >= (4,6) :
             d = self.dbenvMaster.repmgr_stat(flags=db.DB_STAT_CLEAR);
@@ -461,6 +502,13 @@
 
             self.assertTrue(self.confirmed_master)
 
+            # Race condition showed up after upgrading to Solaris 10 Update 10
+            # https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=9902860
+            # jcea@jcea.es: See private email from Paula Bingham (Oracle),
+            # in 20110929.
+            while not (self.dbenvClient.rep_stat()["startup_complete"]) :
+                pass
+
     if db.version() >= (4,7) :
         def test04_test_clockskew(self) :
             fast, slow = 1234, 1230
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_sequence.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_sequence.py
index 3d3ee29..f0aa12a 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_sequence.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_sequence.py
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 
 
 class DBSequenceTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     def setUp(self):
         self.int_32_max = 0x100000000
         self.homeDir = get_new_environment_path()
@@ -133,8 +128,7 @@
 
 def test_suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    if db.version() >= (4,3):
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(DBSequenceTest))
+    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(DBSequenceTest))
     return suite
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_thread.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_thread.py
index 91002b8..42212e9 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_thread.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_thread.py
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
     dbsetflags   = 0
     envflags     = 0
 
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 4) :
-        def assertTrue(self, expr, msg=None):
-            self.failUnless(expr,msg=msg)
-
     def setUp(self):
         if verbose:
             dbutils._deadlock_VerboseFile = sys.stdout