does not work on freeBSD but works on linux, and windows

[Donn Cave]

Quoth Oliver Fromme <olli at haluter.fromme.com>:
| John fabiani <jfabiani at yolo.com> wrote:
|> 1. the freeBSD 4.4 is a couple of years old using:
|> Python 2.1.1 (#1, Sep 13 2001, 18:12:15)
|
| FreeBSD 4.4 is quite old, and I would strongly recommend
| upgrading, especially if the machine is connected to a
| network.  The latest stable release of FreeBSD is 4.10.
| It also comes with the latest version of Python (2.3.4),
| both as a ready-made binary package and as a "port" for
| easy compilation.
|
| I suggest you upgrade that machine.  I'm sure the problem
| won't persist.

Wow, I'm surprised to hear that.  I will have to go back
and read the problem again, but it sounds like a very
ordinary application in terms of operating system support.
Not something that would expose a bug in FreeBSD 4.4.
What makes you think it's an OS bug?

	Donn Cave, donn at drizzle.com