Re: [matplotlib-devel] Segmentation fault from fresh OSX snow leopard build

[Tony S Yu <ts...@gm...>]

On Nov 30, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Jcmottram wrote:

> 
> Hi,
>   I've been having an almost identical problem with described above with
> the MacOSX backend. When I switched to the TkAgg backend, the segfault
> occurs when I try pylab.close() instead. 
> 
> 
I may have had the same problem. Do you happen to be on a recent revision?

Christoph Gohlke pointed out a typo introduced in r7985 (see bug report). The patch below fixed the segfaults on my system.

Best,
-Tony

Index: setupext.py
===================================================================
--- setupext.py	(revision 7987)
+++ setupext.py	(working copy)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
            'backend': None}
 
 defines = [
-	('PY_ARRAYAUNIQUE_SYMBOL', 'MPL_ARRAY_API'),
+	('PY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL', 'MPL_ARRAY_API'),
 	('PYCXX_ISO_CPP_LIB', '1')]
 
 # Based on the contents of setup.cfg, determine the build options