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Re: Python 2.4.1 locking bug. (was: Re: rebaseall failure?)


Doug,

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:38:44PM -0400, Douglas Philips wrote:
> On Jul 27, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >semaphore::_trywait doesn't have anything to do with pthread  
> >mutexes, AFAIK.
> 
> I don't know. When I saw the Python message it seemed plausible.
> 
> The real issue is that Python broke with 1.5.18, either because of  
> the pthread change or not.
> Be that as it may, should I report this bug in another forum?

No, this is the right mailing list.  However, you can increase the
probability of it getting fixed by helping to isolate the problem.
Besides submitting a patch, a minimal C test case is the best way to go.

Jason

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