[Pythonmac-SIG] Panther, Python 2.3, anydbm

[Bob Ippolito]

If you read the header of the page OR the title of 
http://undefined.org/python/pimp/, it is VERY specific about what the 
database is for:
	Python Package Manager database for MacPython 2.3.0 on Mac OS X 10.3.2 
(7D24)

Should I make it larger, red, and blinking?  What can I do so this is 
not confusing for people?

-bob

On Feb 23, 2004, at 1:13 PM, Karl Garsha wrote:

> That must be the problem I've experienced using the package 
> manager--I'm not running the stock Panther python. I overwrote it with 
> a build from source somewhere along the line trying to get wxWindows, 
> VTK, Python and shelve to work. Lately I've just gone to a 2.3.3 build 
> in the old /Library/Frameworks/ location rather than the 
> /System/Library/Frameworks/ location.  I guess I didn't realize the 
> Apple Python 2.3.0 requirement for the package manager.
> -Karl
>
> Bob Ippolito wrote:
>
>> On Feb 22, 2004, at 5:40 PM, garsha wrote:
>>
>>> I've experienced problems with shelve and anydbm modules being 
>>> broken in the context of macPython installs (10.2 and 10.3 
>>> addons)--I'm not sure if it is common knowledge or not, but I 
>>> haven't seen much documentation of the issue on the web, so I felt I 
>>> should bring it up in case someone else ends up searching for a 
>>> solution.
>>>    The most recent error refers to 'fast mutexes not available on 
>>> this platform'--I wish I had saved text from the console so I could 
>>> be more specific, but basically it seems to be a problem with the 
>>> database libraries available on a stock Panther install.  By 
>>> downloading and building the Sleepycat BerkelyDB.4.2, manually 
>>> editing the Modules/Setup file to build the bsdb module (after 
>>> running ./configure --enable-framework --enable-toolbox-glue), the 
>>> problem seems to have been resolved.  I tried to download the 
>>> official/unofficial _gdbm.so through the package manager, but the 
>>> package manager wouldn't let me, stating that I had to manually 
>>> install the library--which I couln't do becuase the 'make install' 
>>> phase for building gdbm errors out stating illegal operators to 
>>> /usr/bin/install.    It would seem that Apple's python and the 
>>> macPython binary installer are going out with broken anydbm and 
>>> shelve builtins, and installing the BerkelyDB.4.2 and bsdb module 
>>> fixes things (I also downloaded/built/installed the bsddb3 module 
>>> for good measure).  The sleepycat db distribution is the only one I 
>>> could get to build and install without any headaches or having to 
>>> resort to DarwinPorts or Fink.  To some developers, particularly 
>>> less experienced ones such as I, this may cause some frustration if 
>>> they write code on some other platform which utilizes persistent 
>>> data objects, and hope it will run on OS X (and be able to at least 
>>> create and read new persistant data objects) unmodified.    If 
>>> anyone has a more elegant solution, or I'm just missing something 
>>> elementary please let me know. I'm just offering the experience to 
>>> the list in the event that it hasn't been documented yet. Regards,
>>
>>
>> Are you talking about _bsddb.so from the "official unofficial package 
>> repository" located at http://undefined.org/python/pimp/ ?  This 
>> downloads and installs just fine anywhere I've ever tried it, and has 
>> no dependency on BerkeleyDB (it is statically linked in)... well, as 
>> long as you are using the stock Python 2.3.0 that comes with Panther 
>> (which is a requirement for the package repository).
>>
>> -bob
>
>
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