[C++-sig] import problems with Boost.Python on Cygwin

Rafael M. Frongillo rmf25 at cornell.edu
Tue Mar 14 21:58:27 CET 2006


> >I've got a Boost.Python project working fine on cygwin 1.5.18, python 2.4.1
> >(cygwin binary install), gcc 3.4.4. When I recently ran the cygwin setup.exe
> >it automatically upgraded cygwin to 1.5.19, and now my project still
> >compiles fine but when I import my module in Python's interactive shell,
> >python silently returns to the shell prompt. No error, just exits. I rebuilt
> >Boost.Python from source, but no difference.
> >I reverted cygwin to 1.5.18, and it works fine again.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Koen.
>
>When python crashed, it did so silently just as you described.  Since I
>also used the setup program to upgrade cygwin, I will try reverting cygwin
>to 1.5.18 and see what happens... thanks for your response.
>
>Rafael

It worked like a charm.  Thanks, Koen, for saving my project!

Rafael





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