[Python-Dev] Segmentation fault of Python if build on Solaris 9 or 10 with Sun Studio 11 (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed May 31 05:10:07 CEST 2006

On 5/30/06, Andreas Flöter <Andreas.Floeter at web.de> wrote:

I have filed a bug report "Building Python 2.4.3 on Solaris 9/10 with Sun Studio 11" 1496561 in the Python tracker. The problem I have encountered is, that some of the unit tests of the application roundup fail with Python producing a segmentation fault and dumping core, if Python was build with Sun Studio 11 (Sun C 5.8). In fact not only some of the unit tests fail, but also the application roundup at certain steps.

If gcc is used, everything works fine. As Richard Jones suggests, it might be a problem in the anydbm module. I would rather prefer to use the native compiler of a platform. To name only two reason, distributing the application is easier (dynamic library dependencies are most likely met on the target system) and Sun is maintaining the reference native libraries.

On the other hand, there is the fact that the binaries produced by the Sun compiler segfault... :-)

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