This was found by Guido AFAIK on p3yk (sic) branch.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c7bd4d6..d8e6b3c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Fix bsddb test_basics.test06_Transactions to check the version
+  number properly.
+
 
 Documentation
 -------------