I had to compile python with DEC's cc on OSF/1, to get python working
well. I didn't try 2.6.0 - 2.5.8 was the latest at that time.
In message <94Jul20.131625edt.77497-4@math.uwaterloo.ca>you write:
>This is a mail message I've sent to Guido. But, since he's on vacation,
>I'm appealing to the python gurus on the list.
>
>Forwarded message:
>> Subject: Problems with python 1.0.3 on Solaris - but in general
>> To: guido@cwi.nl
>> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 13:11:42 -0400 (EDT)
>>
>> Hello Guido,
>>
>> I'm trying to get python 1.0.3 up and running on an DEC Alpha box
>> (OSF/1) but got a core dump on `make test'. I decided to try it on
>> a Solaris 2 box as well, since it has Purify.
>>
>> I'm getting a whole mess of warnings like:
>>
>> ----------------
>> **** Purify'd ./python (pid 19028) ****
>> Purify (abr): array bounds read:
>> * This is occurring while in:
>> com_arglist [line 2180, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x86d20]
>> compile_funcdef [line 2233, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compil
>e.c, pc=0x87250]
>> compile_node [line 2300, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x8787c]
>> compile [line 2462, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x88400]
>> com_funcdef [line 1910, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x85874]
>> com_node [line 1985, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x86104]
>> * Reading 4 bytes from 0x18c59c in the heap (3 bytes at 0x18c59d illegal).
>> * This is 60 bytes into a malloc'd block at 0x18c560 of 61 bytes.
>> * This block was allocated from:
>> malloc [bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/./python, pc=0x1bbe0]
>> realloc [bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/./python, pc=0x1bec0]
>> addchild [bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/./python, pc=0xc44a8]
>> shift [line 152, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Parser/parser.c,
>pc=0xc7f58]
>> addtoken [line 267, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Parser/parser.c,
>pc=0xc8544]
>> parsetok [line 147, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Parser/parsetok.c
>, pc=0xc4c28]
>> ----------------
>>
>> and
>>
>> ----------------
>> **** Purify'd ./python (pid 19028) ****
>> Purify (umr): uninitialized memory read:
>> * This is occurring while in:
>> com_arglist [line 2182, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x86d40]
>> compile_funcdef [line 2233, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compil
>e.c, pc=0x87250]
>> compile_node [line 2300, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x8787c]
>> compile [line 2462, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x88400]
>> com_funcdef [line 1910, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x85874]
>> com_node [line 1985, bbsdealwi/src/python-1.0.3/Python/compile.c
>, pc=0x86104]
>> * Reading 4 bytes from 0xefffd7d4 on the stack.
>> * This is local variable "t" in function com_arglist.
>> ----------------
>>
>> These occur quite often.
>>
>> It seems to indicate a problem with addchild - if I change the XXXROUNDUP
>> macro, the array bounds problems disappear, but the the uninitialized memory
>> read errors are still present.
>>
>> >From the purify docs:
>>
>> ABR, Array Bounds Read Warning
>>
>> An ABR report indicates that your program is about to read a
>> value from before or after an allocated block.
>>
>> and umr is self-explanatory.
>>
>> Incidentally, the core dump with the Alpha box were due (I think) to
>> using gcc-2.5.8 -- compilation with 2.6.0 doesn't dump. Instead, the
>> test comes out like:
>>
>> ----------------
>> PYTHONPATH=./Lib:./Lib/test ./python -c 'import autotest'
>> All tests OK.
>> PYTHONPATH=./Lib:./Lib/test ./python -c 'import autotest'
>> Traceback (innermost last):
>> File "<string>", line 0
>> File "./Lib/test/autotest.py", line 67
>> main()
>> File "./Lib/test/autotest.py", line 62
>> import testall
>> File "./Lib/test/testall.py", line 22
>> import test_builtin
>> File "./Lib/test/test_builtin.py", line 9
>> import test_b1
>> ImportError: Bad code object in .pyc file
>> ----------------
>>
>> If you need more details, more tests, or a full copy of the Purify
>> report, please let me know.
>>
>
>
>--
>Brian de Alwis - University of Waterloo: bsdealwis@math.uwaterloo.ca
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