[Python-3000] Need help compiling py3k-buffer branch

Sun Aug 12 07:32:50 CEST 2007

Neal Norwitz wrote:
> On 8/11/07, Travis E. Oliphant <oliphant.travis at ieee.org> wrote:
>> However, I'm running into trouble getting it to link. The compilation
>> step proceeds fine but then I get a segmentation fault during the link
>> stage.
>> The problem is that python is crashing when trying to run setup.py. I
> fixed the immediate problem which was that the type wasn't initialized
> properly. It usually starts up now.
>> I also fixed a 64-bit problem with a mismatch between an int and Py_ssize_t.
>>> It might be my platform (I've been having trouble with my 7-year old
>> computer, as of late) or my installation of gcc.
>> I was seeing crashes from dereferencing null pointers sometimes on
> startup, sometimes on shutdown.
>
Thanks for the quick fix. That will definitely help me make more 
progress.
Thanks,
-Travis