--- a/patches/dev300/apply	2010-07-17 23:42:50.000000000 -0500
+++ b/patches/dev300/apply	2010-07-17 23:43:13.000000000 -0500
@@ -1250,8 +1250,8 @@
 # [which is a broken setup, but apparently most apps don't break with that ;-)] 
 dmake-space-in-envvar-name.diff, i#101786, jholesov
 
-# support db4.8
-db4.8.diff, rengelha
+# support db5
+db5.diff, rengelha
 
 # find gsicheck in the solver
 transex3-localize-gsicheck-path.diff, i#109378, pmladek
--- a/patches/dev300/db4.8.diff	2010-05-13 12:28:09.000000000 -0500
+++ b/patches/dev300/db4.8.diff	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.in-old	2009-09-28 20:35:05.000000000 +0200
-+++ configure.in	2009-09-28 20:32:40.000000000 +0200
-@@ -3907,7 +3907,7 @@
-         ], []
-     )
-     AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether db is at least 4.1])
--    for v in `seq 1 7`; do
-+    for v in `seq 1 8`; do
-        AC_TRY_RUN([
- #include <db.h>
- 
--- a/patches/dev300/db5.diff	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ b/patches/dev300/db5.diff	2010-07-17 23:42:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--- configure.in-old	2010-07-17 23:39:32.000000000 -0500
++++ configure.in	2010-07-17 23:15:21.000000000 -0500
+@@ -4149,19 +4149,31 @@
+         ], []
+     )
+     AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether db is at least 4.1])
+-    for v in `seq 1 7`; do
++    for v in `seq 4 5`; do
+        AC_TRY_RUN([
+ #include <db.h>
+ 
+ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+-       if(DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR == $v) return 0;
++       if (DB_VERSION_MAJOR==$v) return 0;
++       else return 1;
++}
++       ], [DB_VERSION_MAJOR=$v], [])
++    done
++
++    for v in `seq 1 8`; do
++       AC_TRY_RUN([
++#include <db.h>
++
++int main(int argc, char **argv) {
++       if(DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR == $v || DB_VERSSION_MAJOR == 5) return 0;
+        else return 1;
+ }
+        ], [DB_VERSION_MINOR=$v], [])
+     done
+-    if test "$DB_VERSION_MINOR" -gt "1"; then
++
++    if test "$DB_VERSION_MAJOR" = "5" || test "$DB_VERSION_MINOR" -gt "1"; then
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([OK])
+-       DB_VERSION=4.$DB_VERSION_MINOR
++       DB_VERSION=$DB_VERSION_MAJOR.$DB_VERSION_MINOR
+     else
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([no. you need at least db 4.1])
+     fi