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


On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Douglas Philips wrote:

> On Jul 28, 2005, at 8:48 AM, Jason Tishler wrote:
>
> > Doug,
> > > 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.
>
> That's why I culled down my large application to a small Python script
> which exhibited the bug and which I submitted to the list, along with my
> cygcheck -srv and the error messages that Python gave me.

So your test case is currently a small Python script, plus *all* of
Python.  I'm not downplaying your effort in producing the test case, just
explaining Jason's statement about "isolating the problem".

> > Besides submitting a patch, a minimal C test case is the best way to
> > go.
>
> ??? A minimal C test case for a python bug... I'm confused.

Python is written in C.  Since the bug is to be fixed in Python, isolating
the part of the C code that exhibits the problem would help fixing the
bug.

> I will submit my tbp (in a different form) to the official python
> release for inclusion in their self-tests, and hopefully that'll prevent
> _this_ bug from showing up further, whether on Cygwin or some other
> platform...

Yep, that's why it's good to have the small Python test case as well. :-)
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