Re: [Orbit-python-list] Undefined Symbol POAManager_PyObject_Type

[Jade M. <ja...@gn...>]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 11:45:48PM -0500, Jason Tackaberry wrote:
> > Hello all,
> 
> Hi Jade,
> 
> > I am trying to use the latest CVS version of Orbit-Python, but am
> > having problems importing PortableServer.  on import PortableServer I
> > get undefined symbol: POAManager_PyObject_Type.  I read the mail
> > archives, but couldn't find a real solution to the problem, I have
> 
> Christian Reis (on Dec 4) reported the problem was due to Python not
> passing RTLD_GLOBAL to dlopen().  RedHat packages a patched version, and
> since I used that, I never noticed the problem.  He included a patch as
> well, if you want to check the archives.

Hrm... I must've missed that posting. :(  I will take another look and see if I can recommend a patch to debian also.  Do you know if this has been fixed in later versions of Python (1.6 or 2.0)?  
> 
> I consider this to be a bug in ORBit-Python, obviously.  One shouldn't
> have to patch Python to make it work.  I don't expect the problem will
> be excessively hard to avoid, but, sadly, I haven't had any time to hack
> on the project lately.  (I wanted to work on it during the Christmas
> break but I was having problems with my teeth and dentists are awfully
> hard to come by around that time. :))
> 
> Fixing up ORBit-Python and preparing it for a 0.2.0 release is slowly
> edging up in priority on my personal TODO list.  There's no point in my
> giving an ETA because I'm pathetic at managing my own time, but
> naturally I am accepting patches if you'd care to have your own hand at
> it. :)

Well, I am very interested in the project as we are currently using it in the project I am working on (GNU Enterprise (http://gnue.org or http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue)), we need it to bridge our python based UI to our CORBA based object server, and I am also using it at my Real Job(tm), so I will be getting a lot of use out of it.  My C skillz are a little rusty (been using too much python lately :) but I will start to hack around and see what I can figure out.  I have had some other strange problems also, but I will send that in a separate thread.

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Jade Meskill <ja...@gn...>
GNU Enterprise
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