Python pdb bug, followed by bug in bugs.python.org

[donaldcallen at gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 6:17:28 PM UTC-4, Ned Deily wrote:
> In article <a34e8251-85df-4486-b5a1-72eb2bb9f353 at googlegroups.com>,
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>  donallen wrote:
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> > I am I've developed an application in Python 3.3.1 (on an up-to-date 64-bit 
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> > Arch Linux system) and am attempting to use pdb to debug it. I am getting 
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> > incorrect stack traces. I've made up a little 10-line program that 
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> > illustrates the problem and I attempted to register on the bug-tracker site, 
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> > unsuccessfully, to file a bug report. I followed the link in the email and 
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> > got a "broken form" error message when I attempted to log in to the 
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> > bug-tracker. I then tried replying to the verification email, and got some 
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> > other form of brokenness in reply.
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> I was just able to create a new user by through the link from the 
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> bugs.python.org web page and then clicking on the link in the confirming 
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> email (although it did take a couple of hours for the confirming email 
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> to arrive).   There is a meta tracker for problems with the Python 
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> issuer tracker itself:
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> http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/
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> but you do have to register for that tracker (a separate registration).  
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> If you are able to supply more details, we might be able to follow up on 
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> the registration problem.  And,  as someone else suggested, you could 
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> post the details of the pdb problem here.  Note, there are already a 
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> number of currently open issues with pdb reported on the bug tracker.  
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> If you haven't already, you could search for "pdb" and see if your 
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> problem has been reported.  Thanks for bringing the problem(s) up!

I just got registered successfully using a different username than I tried the other day. I haven't attempted to reproduce the problem I saw then, but I will and will report it if I can provide a proper description of the issue.

I just submitted a bug report on the pdb issue.

Thanks for the helpful reply.

/Don

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>  Ned Deily,
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>  nad at acm.org