GDBM configure checks are missing context
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
Many of the *DBM checks are not performed correctly in configure; they're performing the checks without the user-supplied GDBM_* environment variables. On my MacBook, this leads to gdbm-ndbm.h not being recognised, even though Homebrew does ship it.
CPython versions tested on:
3.14, 3.13, 3.12
Operating systems tested on:
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Linked PRs
- gh-129389
- gh-129390
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