[Bug 995616] Re: Importing dbm.gnu requires python3-gdbm, but doesn't say so

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Title:
  Importing dbm.gnu requires python3-gdbm, but doesn't say so

Status in “python3.2” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  With python3.2 3.2.3-0ubuntu3:

  Python 3.2.3 (default, May  3 2012, 15:54:42)
  [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  >>> import dbm.gnu
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    File "/usr/lib/python3.2/dbm/gnu.py", line 3, in <module>
      from _gdbm import *
  ImportError: No module named _gdbm

  (I do have python3.2 installed, not just python3.2-minimal.)

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