Frustrating segfaults with Shelf

[Edward Grefenstette]

Dear Emile,

Thank you for your response. Upgrading python and starting with a
blank database somehow did the trick!

Best,
Edward

On Sep 13, 7:09 pm, Emile van Sebille <em... at fenx.com> wrote:
> On 9/13/2010 10:05 AM Edward Grefenstette said...
>
> > Dear Pythonistas,
>
> > Below is a simple script that reads relations from a generator
> > (they're just tuples of strings) and attempts to write them to a
> > database. It's simple as hell,
>
> Ecept of course that no one else can test it due to the dependencies.
>
> > and if I simply ignore the database and
> > have it print to stdout by replacing the line "depsDB[str(index)] =
> > rels" with "print rels" it works just fine. However every time I try
> > to run it just inexplicably segfaults. Help, anyone?
>
> There are reported problems with the backend database in pre 2.3 python
> versions.  There are also known problems with shelves being accessed by
> differing versions.
>
> So, I'd start by updating as needed, creating a new repository, then
> testing that.  Once it works, migrate the data over if needed.
>
> If it doesn't work, it'll be tough to help out if narrowing things down
> to a specific reproducible test case is difficult.  Describe the
> debugging techniques you're trying with the results you're getting, and
> we can help contribute with other things to try.
>
> HTH,
>
> Emile