[issue11320] Usage of API method Py_SetPath causes errors in Py_Initialize() (Posix ony))

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

Ok, Palm's example even segfaults here:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff72452bc in free () from /lib64/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff72452bc in free () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#1  0x000000000042a591 in Py_SetPath (
    path=0x88c330 L"/home/antoine/cpython/default/usr/lib/python33.zip:/home/antoine/cpython/default/usr/lib/python3.3/:/home/antoine/cpython/default/usr/lib/python3.3/plat-linux2:/home/antoine/cpython/default/usr/lib/py"...)
    at ./Modules/getpath.c:729
#2  0x0000000000416600 in main ()


The problem is calling free() on a pointer to statically allocated memory.

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