python 2.1 core dumping on redhat 6.2

[Dan Stromberg]

Upgrading to the latest readline fixed the problem.

In article <9e4hnk$dfp$1 at news.service.uci.edu>,
Dan Stromberg <strombrg at seki.acs.uci.edu> wrote:
<Built smoothly, passed all tests.  Make install appears to have
<compiled everything.
<
<But when I run it interactively, I get:
<
<rh-strombrg> /dcs/packages/python-2.1/bin/python
<Python 2.1 (#1, May 18 2001, 14:45:56) 
<[GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on linux2
<Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
<Segmentation fault (core dumped)
<
<
<
<gdb traceback:
<
<#0  0x400a5d76 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
<#1  0x40157768 in ?? ()
<   from /dcs/packages/python-2.1/lib/python2.1/lib-dynload/readline.so
<#2  0x4016367d in ?? ()
<   from /dcs/packages/python-2.1/lib/python2.1/lib-dynload/readline.so
<#3  0x40162fb0 in ?? ()
<   from /dcs/packages/python-2.1/lib/python2.1/lib-dynload/readline.so
<#4  0x401560ea in ?? ()
<   from /dcs/packages/python-2.1/lib/python2.1/lib-dynload/readline.so
<#5  0x4015602d in ?? ()
<   from /dcs/packages/python-2.1/lib/python2.1/lib-dynload/readline.so
<#6  0x40155e9c in ?? ()
<   from /dcs/packages/python-2.1/lib/python2.1/lib-dynload/readline.so
<#7  0x805366c in PyOS_Readline (prompt=0x80d82cc ">>> ")
<    at Parser/myreadline.c:131
<#8  0x805243c in tok_nextc (tok=0x810a1e0) at Parser/tokenizer.c:192
<#9  0x8052b33 in PyTokenizer_Get (tok=0x810a1e0, p_start=0xbffff1b0, 
<    p_end=0xbffff1b4) at Parser/tokenizer.c:516
<#10 0x8052114 in parsetok (tok=0x810a1e0, g=0x80c7230, start=256, 
<    err_ret=0xbffff23c) at Parser/parsetok.c:100
<#11 0x8051fd3 in PyParser_ParseFile (fp=0x401418a0, 
<    filename=0x80a0e2d "<stdin>", g=0x80c7230, start=256, 
<    ps1=0x80d82cc ">>> ", ps2=0x80e439c "... ", err_ret=0xbffff23c)
<    at Parser/parsetok.c:75
<#12 0x806c205 in PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags (fp=0x401418a0, 
<    filename=0x80a0e2d "<stdin>", flags=0xbffff304) at
<#Python/pythonrun.c:552
<#13 0x806c101 in PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags (fp=0x401418a0, 
<    filename=0x80a0e2d "<stdin>", flags=0xbffff304) at
<#Python/pythonrun.c:510
<#14 0x806bfef in PyRun_AnyFileExFlags (fp=0x401418a0, 
<    filename=0x80a0e2d "<stdin>", closeit=0, flags=0xbffff304)
<    at Python/pythonrun.c:473
<#15 0x8051e01 in Py_Main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff374) at
<#Modules/main.c:320
<#16 0x80518aa in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff374) at Modules/python.c:10
<#17 0x4006b9cb in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
<
<
<Any suggestions where I should start looking?  Is it a known bug?
<
<
<I suppose I could live without readline, but would rather not.
<
<TIA.
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<Dan Stromberg                                               UCI/NACS/DCS


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Dan Stromberg                                               UCI/NACS/DCS