py-gnome breaks ports that depend on it (was Re: gramps and python issues)

[Paul Beard]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1


On Mar 7, 2007, at 10:18 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:

> The problem here is the "Bus error". It is not a gramps issue. I  
> believe that
> the "Bus error" is caused by a problem with gtk2/pygtk2 not gramps.
>
Yeah, I figured that out. Frustrating that no other port uses py- 
gnome or py-gtk2 in such a way as to make this more widely-known.

> Try just running python from the command line and 'import gnome/ 
> import gtk' I
> think that you will find that you get the same 'Bus error'.
>
I'm not that clever but I was able to provoke a bus error and capture  
the results with ktrace.

> There is an issue with the configure scripts not working quite  
> right on OS X,
> a work around is described on the gramps wiki. But this work around  
> will not
> solve the problem that the version of gtk/pygtk is broken in macports.

I have passed this on to the gramps developers, in the event they  
have any advice, though I know it isn't the result of anything  
they're doing.
- --
Paul Beard
contact info: www.paulbeard.org/paulbeard.vcf
pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdb206/
Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin)

iD8DBQFF76vEfHLPwpj1/JQRAvi9AJ0a8uMEcODotwVuKJ7EwtYHX1YiOQCbB3ic
bZJuUvLvnMK7aOF/NWwCtgM=
=SPND
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----