This is for Bob Ippolito - What version of readline comes with the Universal MacPython 2.4.3 release? And is it statically-linked, or is there a readline dylib somewhere in the python framework?
I ask because Michael Broe reported some problems (see below) with IPython that I had tracked down to issues with readline 5.1. (Basically, the patches to readline 5.1 need to be applied.) It is thus of interest as to what version of readline is supplied with MacPython, and whether it is statically or dynamically linked. Also of interest: I had asked Michael to run python under GDB to see where the error he reported was happening, and Michael had some trouble with that: > ~ $ gdb python > GNU gdb 6.1-20040303 (Apple version gdb-434) (Wed Nov 2 17:28:16 > GMT 2005) > > (gdb) run > Starting program: /usr/local/bin/python > Reading symbols for shared libraries . done > > Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap. > 0x8fe0100c in __dyld__dyld_start () > (gdb) This might be partially due to the fact that Michael's not using the latest version of GDB, but it's also possible that the problem stems from the execve that python is doing inside the fake bundle. If the most recent version of GDB can't handle the new python, that's a bit of a pain! (I think the problem can be handled by telling GDB to ignore SIGTRAPs, but this is a confusing issue...) Thanks, Zach On Apr 12, 2006, at 1:57 PM, Michael Broe wrote: > I'm having an issue using IPython that may be related to readline, > which I am pursuing on the IPython mailing list. > > I had my self-built version of readline 5.1 installed in /usr/local/ > include, and I patched and reinstalled it, which was one theory for > fixing the problem, but no go. > > I'm just curious about the readline component of the Universal > MacPython 2.4.3 release. > > http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/category/python/ says: > > "Includes a working bsddb, readline, and curses." > > Where is that readline installed? Who trumps who, a readline I have > installed in /usr/local/include, or MacPython's readline? > > Does the installer check for the presence of readline, and make > decisions accordingly? > > Just trying to get the lay of the land in order to isolate the > problem. > > Here is my post to IPython, for context. > > Cheers, > Mike > > --- > If I partially (or completely) enter a command onto a line, then hit > the up arrow, I cannot scroll back through history, and worse, if I > hit up twice, or hit up then down, I get a bus error and am ejected > from ipython. In the following, I type in "print range" then hit the > up arrow twice: > > ~ $ ipython > Python 2.4.3 (#1, Apr 7 2006, 10:54:33) > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > > IPython 0.7.1.fix1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. > ? -> Introduction to IPython's features. > %magic -> Information about IPython's 'magic' % functions. > help -> Python's own help system. > object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more. > > In [1]: print rangeBus error > ~ $ ipython > > That "ipython" after the last prompt is not typed in by me, it is > accessed in the bash history by the second "up" I send. If I do "up" > then "down", I'm dumped out to a bare prompt ~ $. > --- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
