[Orbit-python-list] Python and dlopen for Orbit-Python CVS Was Re: [Orbit-python-list] Problems with orbit-python-cvs

[Christian R. R. <ki...@as...>]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Christian Robottom Reis wrote:

> On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Christian Robottom Reis wrote:
> 
> > > I too am pretty stumped.  Have you tried this on another system?  Is it
> > > only a problem on one machine?

Okay, tracked down the problem and would like to discuss a fix. It seems
Python-1.5.2 doesn't do a dlopen() with RTLD_GLOBAL, but RedHat issues a
patched version which I assume you're using (or some patched version) to
importdl.c.

This is a problem for anybody using a source-compiled python, and it would
be nice to a) provide the patch with orbit-python or b) workaround this
some way. Solution a) is okay in the short run as long as we document it
somewhere ;-)

I've attached the patch and have no further problem here; let me know what
you think we could do in the long run and I might try doing it.

Take care,
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