On 13-apr-2006, at 18:47, Zachary Pincus wrote: >>> 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.
Which patch? Please provide a link to that patch, I won't go hunting for it. > > 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. I don't see what this would buy us. It is possible to do this, but IMHO not really worth the trouble. Ronald _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
