diff -ru Python-2.5.2-orig/Modules/_bsddb.c Python-2.5.2/Modules/_bsddb.c
--- Python-2.5.2-orig/Modules/_bsddb.c	2008-02-03 02:26:23.000000000 -0500
+++ Python-2.5.2/Modules/_bsddb.c	2008-09-24 17:01:50.000000000 -0400
@@ -5335,11 +5335,13 @@
 DBEnv_getattr(DBEnvObject* self, char *name)
 {
     if (!strcmp(name, "db_home")) {
+	const char *home = NULL;
         CHECK_ENV_NOT_CLOSED(self);
-        if (self->db_env->db_home == NULL) {
+	self->db_env->get_home(self->db_env, &home);
+        if (home == NULL) {
             RETURN_NONE();
         }
-        return PyString_FromString(self->db_env->db_home);
+        return PyString_FromString(home);
     }
 
     return Py_FindMethod(DBEnv_methods, (PyObject* )self, name);
@@ -5961,22 +5963,37 @@
     ADD_INT(d, DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_TXN_NOT_DURABLE);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC);
-    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_AUTOREMOVE);
-    ADD_INT(d, DB_DIRECT_LOG);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_DIRECT_DB);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_INIT_REP);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_ENCRYPT);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_CHKSUM);
 #endif
 
+#if (DBVER >= 42) && (DBVER < 47)
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_AUTOREMOVE);
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_DIRECT_LOG);
+#endif
+
+#if (DBVER >= 47)
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_DIRECT);
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_DSYNC);
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_IN_MEMORY);
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_AUTO_REMOVE);
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_ZERO);
+#endif
+
 #if (DBVER >= 43)
-    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_INMEMORY);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_BUFFER_SMALL);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_SEQ_DEC);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_SEQ_INC);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_SEQ_WRAP);
 #endif
 
+#if (DBVER >= 43) && (DBVER < 47)
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_LOG_INMEMORY);
+    ADD_INT(d, DB_DSYNC_LOG);
+#endif
+
 #if (DBVER >= 41)
     ADD_INT(d, DB_ENCRYPT_AES);
     ADD_INT(d, DB_AUTO_COMMIT);
diff -ru Python-2.5.2-orig/setup.py Python-2.5.2/setup.py
--- Python-2.5.2-orig/setup.py	2008-09-24 17:01:02.000000000 -0400
+++ Python-2.5.2/setup.py	2008-09-24 17:03:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -608,12 +608,12 @@
         # a release.  Most open source OSes come with one or more
         # versions of BerkeleyDB already installed.
 
-        max_db_ver = (4, 5)
+        max_db_ver = (4, 7)
         # NOTE: while the _bsddb.c code links against BerkeleyDB 4.6.x
         # we leave that version disabled by default as it has proven to be
         # quite a buggy library release on many platforms.
         min_db_ver = (3, 3)
-        db_setup_debug = False   # verbose debug prints from this script?
+        db_setup_debug = True   # verbose debug prints from this script?
 
         # construct a list of paths to look for the header file in on
         # top of the normal inc_dirs.