[Python-Dev] _bsddb too unstable? (original) (raw)
Jim Fulton jim at zope.com
Tue Jul 13 16:02:21 CEST 2004
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I just wasted some time chasing down being unable to run the Python test suite because the test_anydbm tests were segfaulting. Removing the _bsddb module allowed the tests to run without segfaulting.
(FWIW, I'm running on Fedora Core 1, with db4-4.1.25-14)
I get the impression that this is a common problem. Berkeley DB APIs often change in non-backward compatable ways that cause this sort of problem. Perhaps these APIs change too rapidly to allow the _bsddb extension to be included in the distribution. I assume that this is the fault of the Berkeley DB libraries, and not the extension, but I don't really know. :/
Jim
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