Problems with python and threads under Freebsd

[Stefan Schwarzer]

snacktime wrote:
> I am consistantly getting seg faults and bus errors when running a
> multi threaded python application under 5.3-release-p2.  Python was
> built from the port(python 2.4) with threading enabled.

I had similar problems some time ago. The solution/workaround was to remove
the threading library-related mappings from /etc/libmap.conf . Perhaps you
need to do that or the opposite, i. e. add a mapping.

What do you get if you run the threading tests
in /usr/local/lib/python2.4/test/test_thread*.py ? In my case,
test_threaded_import.py failed before the libmap.conf change.

If the libmap.conf change doesn't help, you could try to rebuild the base
system and kernel and after that the Python port. Also, reading the
UPDATING files for the base system and the ports tree may give you a hint.

Stefan