python2.7 throws bus error when issuing `help("modules")'

[Kurt Hindenburg]

On 8/23/20 7:19 AM, joerg van den hoff wrote:
> seen with current macports and
>
> Python 2.7.18 (default, Apr 22 2020, 05:03:29)
> [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 11.0.3 (clang-1103.0.32.29)] on darwin
>
> I get a reproducible bus error when trying to get a list of known modules
>
> with `help("modules").
>
> /usr/bin/python (which is 2.7.16) does not do this and lists the 
> modules just fine. any ideas how to track this down?
>

It works here on Catalina

Python 2.7.18 (default, Apr 22 2020, 05:03:29)

[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 11.0.3 (clang-1103.0.32.29)] on darwin

Kurt

> thanks,
>
> joerg
>
> ps: background is, I want to get hgsubversion work again with hg -- 
> neither the macports provided nor the directly downloaded 
> `hgsubversion' is currently recognized by `hg' which chokes with "no 
> module 'svncommands'. this makes me suspect that python does not find 
> the (macports installed) subversion bindings for python etc etc ...