Dear Emile, Thank you for your response. Upgrading python and starting with a blank database somehow did the trick!
Best, Edward On Sep 13, 7:09 pm, Emile van Sebille <em...@fenx.com> wrote: > On 9/13/2010 10:05 AM Edward Grefenstette said... > > > Dear Pythonistas, > > > Below is a simple script that reads relations from a generator > > (they're just tuples of strings) and attempts to write them to a > > database. It's simple as hell, > > Ecept of course that no one else can test it due to the dependencies. > > > and if I simply ignore the database and > > have it print to stdout by replacing the line "depsDB[str(index)] = > > rels" with "print rels" it works just fine. However every time I try > > to run it just inexplicably segfaults. Help, anyone? > > There are reported problems with the backend database in pre 2.3 python > versions. There are also known problems with shelves being accessed by > differing versions. > > So, I'd start by updating as needed, creating a new repository, then > testing that. Once it works, migrate the data over if needed. > > If it doesn't work, it'll be tough to help out if narrowing things down > to a specific reproducible test case is difficult. Describe the > debugging techniques you're trying with the results you're getting, and > we can help contribute with other things to try. > > HTH, > > Emile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
