Python Ctrl-C Lock-ups (was Re: Irix 6.5, gcc 2.95.2, readline and control-C problem)

[Gregor Hoffleit]

FYI, also cf. the Bug #196 in the Python Bugs database 
(http://www.python.org/python-bugs/open?id=196), which describes the
phenomenon on Debian systems.

    Gregor
    

On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 08:34:49PM +0000, Quinn Dunkan wrote:
> On Mon, 15 May 2000 09:00:08 -0400, Randall Hopper <aa8vb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Quinn Dunkan:
> > |I have python compiled with gcc 2.8.1 on irix 6.5 system.  If I hit ^C when
> > |readline is doing its thing, python locks up.  Meanwhile, I have python
> > |and readline compiled with sgi cc on another irix 6.5 system, and everything
> > |works properly.
> >
> >Compile Python without threads and your problem will go away.  I have the
> >same problem with Python, both on FreeBSD and IRIX.
> 
> Aha, problem "solved", but of course only on machines where I don't run
> threaded scripts :)  Does anyone know if this is a a readline problem, or
> a bug in python's readline module?
> 
> 
> thanks!
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