On 12-apr-2006, at 23:19, Zachary Pincus wrote: > This is for Bob Ippolito -
No it isn't, Bob didn't build the 2.4.3 release ;-) > > 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? It is a staticly linked version of GNU readline 5.1. > > 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...) That's because the python command is actually pythonw and this execv-s the real python interpreter to get the right process environment for GUI programs. Ronald _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
