sax.make_parser() segfaults

[Frank Millman]

Bernhard Herzog wrote:
> "Frank Millman" <frank at chagford.com> writes:
>
> >> > If I call sax.make_parser() from the interpreter or from a stand-alone
> >> > program, it works fine on all machines, but in the following setup it
> >> > works correctly on MSW, but segfaults on both FC4 and RH9.
> [...]
> >> Progress report - I have narrowed it down to wxPython. I wrote small
> >> stand-alone programs, one using Twisted, one using wxPython. Twisted
> >> works fine, wxPython segfaults.
>
> Could this be the following python bug:
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1075984&group_id=5470&atid=105470
>
>    Bernhard
>
> --

The symptoms certainly look the same - thanks for this link.

It also fits in with my workaround, as someone commented 'if you import
pyexpat first, it looks fine', which is effectively what I am doing.

Many thanks for the response.

Frank