>> This is for Bob Ippolito - > > No it isn't, Bob didn't build the 2.4.3 release ;-)
Sorry sorry! Thanks for making that build, by the way. > >> >> 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. So... I have found that IPython exposes a bug in GNU readline 5.1, sadly enough. This bug causes segfaults when the up-arrow key is used under certain situations. Ugh. Fortunately, the extant readline 5.1 patches solve this issue nicely. Hopefully you'll get a chance in the near future to update the Universal MacPython 2.4.3 distribution so that it doesn't have this issue. Also, a related query: Is there somewhere in the Python Framework structure that is appropriate for placing dynamic libraries that Python would link to? Judicious use of the install_name_tool and friends could produce a libreadline.dylib that the python binary would expect at a particular relative path from itself. This would allow that library to be dynamically linked, yet still live within (and be distributed with) the framework. Just a thought -- but it might be more work than it's worth. Zach _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
