At Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:53:31 +0100 (CET), Santiago Vila wrote: > > And this is what happens when compiling python2.3: > > gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing > -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -DWITH_BLT=1 -I/usr/include/tcl8.4 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. > -I/build/buildd/python2.3-2.3.2/./Include > -I/build/buildd/python2.3-2.3.2/Include > -I/build/buildd/python2.3-2.3.2/build-static -c > /build/buildd/python2.3-2.3.2/Modules/_tkinter.c -o > build/temp.gnu-0.3-i386-AT386-2.3/_tkinter.o > gcc -shared build/temp.gnu-0.3-i386-AT386-2.3/_tkinter.o > build/temp.gnu-0.3-i386-AT386-2.3/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lBLT -ltk8.4 > -ltcl8.4 -lX11 -o build/lib.gnu-0.3-i386-AT386-2.3/_tkinter.so > python: ../../libpthread/sysdeps/generic/pt-mutex-timedlock.c:55: > __pthread_mutex_timedlock_internal: Assertion `__pthread_threads' > failed.
It seems that the pthread init hook is not being run by libc during start up. Try adding -lpthread and see if that makes a difference.