Gatelings: If you don't write or debug Python, you can stop reading now.
My putback for '6656109 pstack should print proper python stack traces' introduces support for examining a Python stack with pstack(1) and mdb(1). The debug support is provided by a helper library that is delivered by the runtime. This represents a cross-consolidation dependency, as Python is delivered by the Desktop consolidation. The debug support library will be delivered in b137 by the Desktop team; however, if you'd like to use mdb or pstack to debug Python in the interim, I have made copies of the library available. These tar archives deliver the necessary libpython2.6_db.so to /usr/lib and /usr/lib/$(ARCH). Once these are present on your system, mdb and pstack should use them to debug a Python process. On SWAN, you can get the archives from the following location. Please choose the right tarfile for your ISA: http://muskoka.eng/~johansen/libpython_db_x86.tar.gz http://muskoka.eng/~johansen/libpython_db_sparc.tar.gz Off SWAN, the archives are available here: http://cr.opensolaris.org/~johansen/libpython_db_x86.tar.gz http://cr.opensolaris.org/~johansen/libpython_db_sparc.tar.gz Thanks, -j
